Google Labs Opens Tabletop, a Shared Workspace for Group Plans, Polls and Tournament Brackets
The new Labs experiment lets groups drop in links and files, prompt @tabletop or use a template, then share an invite link so everyone can work in the space at once, like a Google Doc.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Google on Wednesday introduced Tabletop, a new Google Labs experiment meant to help groups plan trips, rec leagues and potlucks in one shared space.
Users add links, files and ideas, then prompt @tabletop or pick a starter template to generate interactive trip itineraries, dinner polls, expense splitters and tournament brackets, the company said. Once a space is ready, an invite link can be dropped into a group chat so everyone can work in it at the same time, “like in a Google Doc.”
Tabletop is rolling out in the United States via a waitlist, and only to users 18 and older, Google said. Sign-ups are at labs.google/tabletop. The company described it as an experiment, not a finished product, and did not publish a date for a general launch.
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