In this digital era, all things are at our fingertips, from selling, purchasing, learning, keeping in touch with friends and family, and keeping yourself entertained. Smartphones and mobile apps have become a part of our life and a source of our cheer and comfort.
We have seen a drastic change in mobile app development technology in the last 10 years.
Now, what is waiting for in the future?
This blog has laid down some trending mobile app development technologies and what we can expect from them in the future.
So, without wasting more time, let’s go through the list.
- Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence
A.I and M.L combinedly analyzes our behaviors and actions through our regular usage pattern and take necessary actions to increase our usefulness without instructions.
Apps like FaceApp, Prisma, Virtual Assistants (Siri, Replica, Google assistance), and chatbots are examples of Artificial Intelligence.
Machine learning is a part of A.I can understand our buying behavior from our previous buying behavior and next time showcase the same kinds of a product when we shop through an app. The global ML industry is growing at a CAGR of 42% and estimated to be worth $9 billion by the end of 2022.
Future A.I trends
- AIOps to automate IT operations
- AI with IoT
- Smart camera with subject recognition
- Voice and language translations
- AI-powered Face Unlock
- User behavior predictions
- High app authentication for cybersecurity
- Adaptive Battery for more battery life
- Augmented reality and Virtual reality
AR and VR have already conquered the gaming and video niche. The Global AR (Augmented Reality) market is expected to reach $26.75 billion by 2021 and at a CAGR of approx. 44% from 2021-2028. The growing popularity of smartphones, smart glasses, and wearable devices is driving the adoption of mobile AR technology and providing immersive experiences to users.
Apple’s ARkit and Google’s ARcore are just the beginning of the inevitable mixed reality revolution. They offer several features like motion tracking, people occlusion, environmental understanding, and light estimation in their packages.
Social networking sites like Facebook had already introduced Facebook spaces to interact with our friends through VR. Instagram also now allows us to create our own augmented reality filters.
Future trends of AR and VR
- AR-based virtual user manual
- VR based virtual training simulations
- VR based exploration activities
- VR based live music festivals and concerts
- AR-based destination navigator
- VR and AR-based visual learning
- Cloud Integration
Cloud technology has amazing benefits and future possibilities that you could not imagine. What started with just a hosting server has now grown beyond its initial fundamentals.
Dropbox, Facebook, Gmail are examples of cloud-integrated mobile apps.
It makes us use our data securely and at a much faster speed than ever before. Cloud integrated mobile apps run directly from cloud space and do not bother the internal memory of your mobile, which makes it work faster and efficiently. It also protects your data during mobile phone crashes. So, there is no doubt that cloud technology is one of the future trends of mobile apps.
Future applications of cloud technology
- Cloud quantum computing
- Multi-cloud platforms
- Hybrid Cloud solutions
- M-commerce
M-commerce is just buying and selling a thing through mobile, according to Statista, in 2021, M-commerce would make up 72.9% of global sales and generate more than $3.5 trillion in revenue.
Unexpected situations like the Covid pandemic could raise these figures in the future also. We have seen a significant fall in the retail segment, and many retail owners are preparing to launch their own app in the place of only concentrating on shop-based sales.
The e-commerce industry needs to beware of such mobile app development trends in order to stay in the market with top performance in the future.
Future trend of M-commerce
- One-click ordering
- Voice shopping
- Omnichannel shopping
- Beacon technology
Suppose you want to eat your favorite pizza and you google it for a nearby pizza shop, when you are on the way, you get notifications from other shops with the pizza of the same specifications. Isn’t it cool!
It could be possible by Beacon technology, beacon uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals, so when the mobile phone enters a beacon zone, the relevant app receives the signal, and the required notifications and guidance are transmitted to the app user.
Beacon has great potential in the marketplace in restaurants, hotels, healthcare, retail shops, etc.
In 2013 Apple launched their first beacon technology, integrated iBeacon in iOS app development, and in 2015 google introduced Eddystone for android users.
Future trend of Beacon:
- Beacon in Healthcare
- Beacon in Travels and Tourism
- Beacon powered mobile payment.
- Beacon in physical games (like clue games, treasure hunt, etc.)
- 5G Networking
5G is one of the most awaited technologies and is expected to reach the market by the end of 2021. According to statistics, 2021 will see a 5G connections boom from between 20 million to 100 million.
Compared to its predecessor 4G, 5G is expected to be extremely fast, and it would be 100 times faster than 4G. It will bring revolutionary changes to the market. A combination of super-fast speed with more stability and low latency would help to explore present technologies and also open many future opportunities for mobile app development companies.
Some of the expected changes would be, streaming services as 4k streaming without buffering will finally stop, with its wider bandwidth, it will also help to enhance IoT services with its improved connectivity, handling VR & AR 3D objects becomes possible, etc.
Future applications of 5G
- Wireless healthcare services
- Cloud computing
- Driverless vehicle technology
- Blockchain
Blockchain is a technology that offers us competitive security in respect of data transfer from one device to another without the involvement of any third party. It is a better option to secure our files, documents, etc., and nobody tracks that data, it is the best solution for cybersecurity.
If Bitcoin is the real face of cryptocurrency, Ethereum showed us the true potentials of Blockchain. Decentralized apps or Daaps don’t need any mediator to function or manage our information, it is directly transmitted to the desired person without any interference. Blockchain and Daaps are already present in the finance, media, health, gaming, trading sectors, and it is expected that in 2021 Daap will enter other sectors too.
In short, the revolution of blockchain app development is right around the corner and will be among the latest trends in mobile apps.
Future applications of blockchain
- Blockchain in Anti-piracy
- Secure public elections
- Transparent betting
- Swarm Robotics
- Asset Tokenization
- Blockchain as service (BaaS)
- Chatbot Integration
Raising a business query and waiting for a sales representative to get back or having an issue with a product or service and waiting for a customer care executive to connect are old days solutions, mass emails and cold calling are also not that effective nowadays.
Chatbots integrated technology can help to resolve the customer query or issue and convert them faster, no wonder nearly 40% of the consumers prefer to interact with a chatbot in their buying journey.
A report suggested that by 2022, chatbots will help to save the organizations up to $8 billion, and it is expected that by 2024, the retail spend by chatbots will reach $142 billion.
Organizations like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have started investing in innovation and development in chatbots technology.
In today’s world, organizations require more digitized tools that help to simplify online interaction and fasten the resolution of the problems of customers. Businesses want to deliver a delightful experience at optimized costs. Chatbot and Voicebot or conversational AI integration will be an integral part of the user experience.
Future applications of chatbots
- Chatbot as a sales manager
- Chatbot as a customer support representative
- E-learning through chatbots or chatbot teachers.
- Different services are provided through a chatbot.
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- Folding Display
The folding display might be a revolutionized feature in the smartphone industry in the future. The first model of the foldable display is launched by Samsung (Samsung galaxy fold) in 2019, and Huawei Mate X is second in this league is going to launch by July 2021 in India.
If this trend goes high in the future, then there will be a massive demand for folding display compatible apps for these phones. From this perspective, every app will have to be altered accordingly to be consistent with this trend.
- Geological based app
Geological based application is already in trend and having a prominent market today. But because of its significance and exponential potential, this technology has to grow more in the future.
The application uses location to collect information about users’ demographics, provide location-based services, better target marketing campaigns, advertisements, etc.
Almost all restaurant and food delivery organizations are using this technology to provide services to their users and increase their customer base, except this technology is also popular in-cab businesses Uber, Ola, etc. also.
It helps users by giving them relevant information and customized solutions. This customized and personalized solution approach improves the overall user experience and enhances user satisfaction.
Future trend of geological based app
- Augmented reality application in geography, astronomy
- Gaming apps
- Recommendation apps