SoftwareNov 12, 2026, 11:38 AM UTC·1 min read

Google Tabletop: an AI tool that builds group planning apps

Google Labs' new Tabletop lets a group type one prompt and get a trip planner, dinner poll or expense splitter that everyone can edit together.

A group of friends looking at a shared planning board on a phone and laptop, with a trip itinerary and a poll on screen. — Image: Webrazzi

Planning a trip with friends usually means a chaotic group chat, three spreadsheets and one person who does all the work. Google thinks an AI can fix that. Its new experiment, Tabletop, builds the planning tool for you.

What is Google Tabletop?

Tabletop comes from Google Labs, the company's home for experimental products. It is aimed at groups rather than individuals. You create a shared space and drop in links, files and ideas. Then you tag @tabletop and ask the AI for a tool that fits what you need: a travel itinerary, a dinner poll, an expense-splitting calculator.

An invite link lets other people join. Everyone then works on the same tool at the same time, can vote, and can follow how the plan is going.

Google's own examples include group trips, sports tournaments, wedding planning, weekly meal lists and tracking school buses.

Can you change a tool after it is made?

Yes, and you don't start over. Google demonstrates this with a Pong game that gets new rules and a live scoreboard and turns into a different game called Pickle Pong. The same idea applies to a planner: add a rule or change how it works, and the existing tool adapts.

Where is Tabletop available?

For now it is limited to users in the United States who are 18 or older, and access is through a waiting list. Google says it will let in new users every week.

There is one open question. Google has not said which AI model powers Tabletop. Labs projects such as NotebookLM have grown into broader services over time, so it is fair to wonder whether Tabletop will follow the same path. Google hasn't said.

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