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Google Tabletop: an AI that builds your group's plans for you

Google Tabletop is a new Labs experiment that turns a group chat's scattered ideas into trip maps, polls and expense splitters, no coding needed.

A group of friends looking at a shared screen showing a trip map, a voting board and a spinning wheel built by Google Tabletop.
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Every group chat knows the pattern. Five people agree on a weekend trip in minutes, then spend three weeks arguing about where to go, what to eat and who pays for what. Google thinks Tabletop might fix that.

Tabletop is a new experiment from Google Labs, announced on November 11. It lets a group build small interactive tools without writing code. You drop links, files and ideas into a shared space, then describe what you want.

What is Google Tabletop and how does it work?

You mention @tabletop and explain what you need, or pick a starter template. The AI then generates a tool for that request. Planning a road trip? It can make an interactive map of stops, plus a spinning wheel to settle where everyone eats. Running a pickleball tournament? It can produce live brackets and a voting board for team merchandise.

Google also showed a drag-and-drop seating chart for an office party, handy if you'd rather not spend the evening next to your boss. Other examples include dinner polls and expense splitters.

The tools aren't fixed. You can ask Tabletop to change them, rewrite their rules or add features as the plan evolves.

How do friends join a Tabletop space?

The person who creates the space sends an invitation link through the group chat they already use. Everyone can then open it and use the tools at the same time, much like editing a Google Doc together.

Google describes it as a follow-up to the AI app-building ideas it explored earlier with Opal and Disco, now aimed at groups instead of individuals.

Is Tabletop available?

Not widely. It's an experiment offered through a waitlist, and only to people aged 18 and older in the United States. Google hasn't said when it will expand or whether it will eventually charge for access.

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