Google Opens Tabletop Waitlist for Shared Planning Tools in the U.S.

Google introduced Tabletop Wednesday, Nov. 11, and is opening it to U.S. users through a waitlist, giving groups a shared space to turn links, files and ideas into interactive planning tools.

Users can prompt @tabletop or choose a starter template to make tools such as trip itineraries, dinner polls, expense splitters and tournament brackets. Potential uses include family trips, recreational leagues and potlucks.

A creator can share a space through an invite link in a group chat. Participants can use the space at the same time.

Roman Nurik, Google Labs’ design and engineering lead, described Tabletop as “a new Google Labs experiment built for real-time collaboration.” Access is rolling out in the United States through a waitlist for people 18 and older.