Google Labs began testing Tabletop on 11 November 2026, an experiment in which a group shares an online space and asks an AI agent to build the planning tools it needs. Roman Nurik, who leads design and engineering at Google Labs, announced it in a blog post.
“Whether you’re planning a family trip, running a rec league or hosting a potluck, coordinating as a group is easier when everyone can pitch in, build and decide together in one place.”
Google Labs blog post, in its announcement · blog.google ↗
Whoever opens a space adds links, files and ideas, then prompts @tabletop or picks a starter template. Google lists trip itineraries, dinner polls, expense splitters and tournament brackets, and any tool can be reworked by asking again.
The space is shared through an invite link dropped into a group's existing chat. Tabletop is open only to US users aged 18 and over through a waitlist at tabletop.google, with more people admitted each week. Google has not said which models power it, and no pricing or non-US release was given.
About Google Labs
Google Labs is the part of Google that builds, tests and publicly demonstrates new products and features. Launched in 2002, it hosted early previews of Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Wave.
This is not the first Labs. Google announced in July 2011 that it would discontinue it to focus on fewer products, and in November 2021 the name was revived internally for a team covering AR and VR projects, including Area 120 and Project Starline. On 11 December 2025 Labs introduced Disco, a Gemini-powered experiment whose GenTabs feature builds web apps from a user's open tabs using Gemini 3.
It follows other Labs agent experiments: Disco, released in December 2025, used Gemini 3 to turn open tabs into small web apps. OpenAI added group chats to ChatGPT a year ago, letting up to 20 people share a thread with the chatbot.
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