Your calendar is always open in another tab. You check it every 20 minutes, lose your place, and find out the meeting starts in 3 minutes. NextUp puts the one fact that matters — what's next and how soon — on a Stream Deck key so you stop switching tabs entirely.
What it does
- Event title and countdown — shows the name of your next event and a relative time like "in 18 min" or "in 2 h"
- Urgency color coding — the key border shifts colour as the event gets closer. Green turns amber turns red. You notice without reading.
- Long-press to join — hold the key to open the meeting link. Works with Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, Webex, GoToMeeting, Whereby, Around, and Gather.
- 5-minute grace period — once you're 5 minutes into a meeting, NextUp automatically advances to show the next event. What's useful now is what's coming next.
- 30-second polling — reschedules and cancellations show up within one refresh cycle. No manual reload needed.
- Dark and light themes — configurable per key from the Property Inspector.
Who it's for
Engineers
You're in the middle of something and need to know if you have time to start a PR review or another task. One glance at the key tells you. You don't break the mental thread to find out.
PMs and designers
Back-to-back calls all day. Knowing the next one is in 7 minutes — not 35, not 70 — changes how you use the time between them. NextUp removes the mental overhead of tracking your own schedule.
Streamers
If you run a scheduled stream with segments or planned breaks, your next block is always one glance away. No second monitor dedicated to a timer, no sticky notes on the desk.
Getting set up
- Install NextUp from the Elgato Marketplace and drag the action onto any key.
- Open the key's Property Inspector and click Sign in with Google.
- Authorize read-only calendar access in your browser — NextUp only requests the
calendar.readonlyscope. It can't create, edit, or delete anything.
Good to know
Why doesn't it show my currently running meeting?
After 5 minutes into an event, NextUp shifts to show the next one. By that point you're already in the meeting — what's useful is knowing what comes after it.
Long-press does nothing
The plugin searches three places for a meeting link: the Google Meet conference field, the event location, and the event description. If the link isn't in any of those fields, there's nothing to open. Paste the call URL into the event location if it's missing.
The key shows "CHANGES"
An event was edited or cancelled since the last poll. The banner clears automatically on the next 30-second refresh.
Key shows "Sign in" after a restart
Open the Property Inspector and click Sign in with Google. If the browser doesn't open, the plugin couldn't start its local callback server — try again. Tokens are stored in Stream Deck's global settings and normally persist across restarts.