How will the accessibility landscape change in coming years?
In short and in plain language
The rules change, but slowly. A new version of the WCAG is in the works. It is still a draft.
The current WCAG will stay valid for a long time. The European standard has already caught up with the current WCAG.
If you build well today, you lay a solid base. Most of it will fit later rules too.
The standards keep evolving, but not abruptly. The W3C is working on WCAG 3.0 with a new conformance model: the current draft sets a single conformance threshold, complemented by reporting tiers below and above it; a scoring model is being discussed as an alternative.
Important for planning: WCAG 3.0 is a working draft and, according to the W3C, will not be a completed standard for a few more years; WCAG 2 will remain in place for several years after that (Source: W3C WAI). EN 301 549, relevant for the BFSG, has already caught up to WCAG 2.2 with version V4.1.1, published in September 2026 (Source: AccessibleEU).
This means: those who adopt WCAG 2.2 AA today are not investing in a dead end but building a solid foundation. Cleanly implemented accessibility largely carries over to future standards. How we anchor this in practice, you can read under services.