Accessibility
EN 301 549 moves toward WCAG 2.2 — and the EAA is already live
What changed. EN 301 549 — the technical standard the European Accessibility Act points at — is moving to v4.1.1, aligning it with WCAG 2.2 AA. The current harmonised version (v3.2.1) references WCAG 2.1 AA, so this update raises the practical bar.
Why it matters. The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025 — accessibility is already a legal obligation for most consumer-facing digital services in the EU, not best practice. The standard catching up to WCAG 2.2 means today's "nice to have" extras (focus appearance, target size, dragging alternatives) are becoming tomorrow's baseline.
What to do. If you scoped conformance to WCAG 2.1 AA to meet the EAA, plan the small step up to 2.2 AA now rather than retrofitting later. The additions are exactly where real assistive-technology users still get stuck.
Tracking: EN 301 549, WCAG 2.2, European Accessibility Act.
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