About · Methodology
About
A public ledger of tech launches that start outside the EU: how long Europe waits, and when they finally arrive.
What this is
Interesting launches often ship as “available in the US” and then go quiet. This site keeps score: what is still waiting, what has arrived, and how many days it took. It is curated, not exhaustive.
What “available in Europe” means
The headline follows the European Union. If the EU is not available, the launch is Waiting. Once the EU is available, it is Finally in Europe and moves to Arrived.
Every region has exactly one of two statuses:
Available Not available
The five regions
- United States
- Where most launches start.
- European Union
- The headline region. It decides Waiting or Arrived.
- United Kingdom
- Tracked separately. It often moves on its own timeline.
- Other Europe
- Non-EU countries such as Switzerland and Norway.
- Rest of World
- Everywhere else.
The UK and Other Europe never change the headline. A region with no record counts as Not available. When a status changes, a new record is added; the latest one per region is current.
The counter
Days waiting
today − launch date
Counts up every day while the EU is not available.
Time to Europe
EU available date − launch date
Fixed once a launch arrives.
The launch date is the announcement date. Dates are calendar days in Europe/Amsterdam.
Evidence
Every recorded status links to evidence. Available needs an official source — an availability page, release notes, or an announcement — preferably archived.
Reports and tips can trigger a check, but never change a status on their own. The effective date is the date of the official source, or the first credible observation if the source has no date.
Limited rollouts
Waitlists, business-only access and platform exceptions (for example Mac but not iPhone) are decided case by case as Available or Not available. They don’t get extra statuses.
Why it stays small
A new status, field or page is added only when a real edge case demands it. So there are two statuses, five fixed regions, and no per-country map.
Corrections
Accuracy matters more than speed. There is no public inbox yet; once the site is live, a corrections link will be here and requests will be handled within 48 hours.
Disclaimer
Product and company names are used descriptively. No affiliation, endorsement or partnership is implied. There are no tracking cookies.