whenext Roadmap
What Whenext is being built with right now, what comes next, and what is still just an idea.
As of October 2026
This list is a statement of intent, not a delivery plan. There are deliberately no dates on it: Whenext is built on the side, and a date nobody can keep is worse than none at all. The order can change, and anything under “Exploring” may well disappear again.
Live
10Calendar subscription
Every category is available as an ICS feed. Subscribe once and new dates land in your own calendar without anyone opening the site again.
OpenEmbeddable countdown
Any countdown can be placed into someone else's page as an iframe — light or dark, with your own accent colour.
Timezone conversion
Every countdown runs in your timezone. The comparison tool also shows when a date falls elsewhere in the world.
OpenPlatform status
Is YouTube, Twitch or Steam up right now? The status page answers that for the platforms the events happen on.
OpenElections and politics
An area of its own at /politics: presidential elections, parliamentary elections, the German federal election, the European election. Its own search agent reads the election authorities and reports dates only — never a reading of them.
OpenSport
An area of its own at /sport: the Euros and the World Cup, Formula 1, tennis, the Tour de France, winter sports. Its own search agent reads the organisers and reports the big dates — not every matchday.
OpenTopic pages
Every category and every big brand has its own page, like /events/gaming or /events/apple. It shows all upcoming dates on one topic at a glance.
OpenMy homepage
With an account you pick the categories your homepage opens with, and you save single dates with a star. If you set nothing, the homepage stays as it was.
Filter games by size
Game releases carry a tier from AAA to indie. The homepage shows the big titles first, and one click adds the smaller ones. Nothing goes missing: search and detail pages list every release.
OpenTrending now
The countdowns opened most often in the last seven days. Counted without a cookie, and the number next to each one says what it counts.
Open
In testing
8Browser notifications
A reminder 30 minutes, an hour or a day before a date, as a push message in the browser. The interface is on every event page; delivery is being switched on step by step.
Email reminders
With an account, a reminder can also arrive by email instead of only as a push message. One click at the bottom of the mail turns it off again, no login needed.
Report wrong data
Report a moved date or a dead source straight from the event page, instead of hoping somebody notices. The report joins the same review queue as the automatically discovered dates.
Submit your own dates
Send in a date we missed: time, source, category. It is only published after review — a confidence score is worth no more than the checking behind it.
OpenYour own private countdowns
A date you create in your own account: a move, a contract ending, a friend's release. It appears in no list, no search and no sitemap. Whoever has the link can see it.
OpenShare private countdowns
Pass on your own countdown through a secret link without listing it publicly — as a link or as an iframe.
OpenAPI access
A documented, versioned interface now lives at /api/v1/events. You filter by category, tag, time range and confidence. Every entry names the address of its page. The same key and quota apply as for the MCP server. Without a key you get a small daily quota.
MCP server
Whenext as an MCP server: an assistant asks /api/mcp for the next date instead of reading the page. Search, lookup and categories are in place; every caller has a quota. Without a key a small daily allowance applies — where this goes depends on who uses it.
Planned
1Styling for embedded countdowns
Today the widget knows light, dark and one accent colour. Planned: type, spacing and colours through your own CSS variables, so an embedded countdown looks like the page it sits in.
Exploring
2Mobile app with widgets
An app for iOS and Android whose real purpose is the home screen widget: the next date on your lock screen without opening the site. What that takes is still being worked out.
Watch app with widgets
The same countdown on your wrist, as a complication on the watch face. Depends on the mobile app and comes after it at the earliest.
A suggestion that belongs on this list is itself an item on it: submitting dates and reporting mistakes are up next. Until then, both go by email. How the data is made and where it comes from is explained in help and FAQ.