The world has experienced unseen circumstances in 2020 and COVID 19 has deeply affected the way of living of people across the world. Now, most things are preferred to do online only be it grocery shopping, buying clothes, making the payment, or any kind of work.
Many businesses struggled to adapt to these changes but those who were already available on mobile apps got the advantage over others. Thus, a mobile app is a must to have to stay competitive in the market, exploring new opportunities and leverage on the updated technologies.
Apart from all the clutter, there are certain trends in the Mobile App Development area which is likely to dominate the world in the year 2021. These are stated below:
1) 5G Technology
-Very soon 5G is expected to expand its reach in the market which will have a great impact on the ongoing mobile trends. The projected growth of 5G is expected to reach 1.1 billion by 2025 across the world which will change the ways the applications are created and used by the customers.
-The 5G will not just improvise the Internet speed on mobile phones by boosting up the efficiency of the network. It will also increase the functionality of the mobile applications and hence the developer would be able to add on the new features without disturbing the regular performance of the apps.
2) Compatibility With Foldable Devices
-The mobile phone manufacturing companies are continuously evolving and now the trend of folding mobile is back.
Recently many foldable devices have been launched like Samsung Galaxy Fold, Motorola Razr, Huawei Mate X.
– These foldable phones expand and compress the screen size based on the preference of the user for example they can use the smaller screen for video calls and then make it larger for watching any movie or playing video games. Thus, the app should be such that it adjusts its size as per the screen size of the mobile.
-Many of the apps have been specially customized to be accessible in the Samsung fold mobile like Amazon Prime Video, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Office, Spotify, etc.
-Hence, developing apps while keeping in mind the screen adaptability will be one of the hottest trends in 2021.
3) Integration With IoT (Information of Technology)
-Nowadays people have become so accustomed to using the mobile phone that without even knowing it impacts their day-to-day life. IoT refers to the increase in the number of devices being connected to the internet.
-Some of the examples are wearable devices, smart home concept, the surveillance system, or controlling the functioning of the household devices like a refrigerator, washing machines, air conditioner, etc.
-Looking at the trend only, Google acquired the company ‘Fitbit’ for 2.1 billion dollars. Because of the continuous increase in IoT, the demand for IoT-enabled devices has also increased a lot.
-As per a forecast, approximately 50 billion IoT devices will be in regular use by the year 2030 which is going to create a massive web of interconnected IoT devices.
4) Integrating Apps With Wearable Technology.
-With the growing world of wearable devices, it has become essential for the apps to be integrated with these devices. Already these devices like a fitness band, collar bands, etc. have become an important part of our everyday life.
-Recently Apple has also announced its WatchOS update which gives the message that now the Apple watches will have its App store and will no longer be a companion of the iOS App. It means also mean that many game app development company and other apps can be downloaded directly from their wrist.
-This steady growth in wearable technologies will change the way of developing mobile applications in the coming time.
5) Voice-Enabled Applications.
-As per a study by Gartner, out of total browsing, 30% of them will be done through users’ voice by the year 2030. VUI (Voice User Interface) is one of the upcoming trends and it uses the technology of recognizing the voice and developing a connection between the user and their device.
– Many Americans today own a Smart Speaker which itself defines the popularity of VUI. Thus, the company or the owners should hire a dedicated App developer for enabling this feature while developing the app.
6) The Mobile Wallets
-Looking at the trending lifestyle now users prefer to do only online transactions and that too very securely. Nowadays many companies are offering their payment gateway to make the payment like Google has launched Google Pay, Apple has its own Apple Pay.
– These mobile wallets of the respective companies are enhancing the experience of the users by providing them with a very convenient, safe, and secure platform for paying the bills or making any sort of transaction.
-Thus, hire mobile app developers in India who can properly integrate this ongoing as well as the upcoming trend of integrating the mobile wallets in the app.
7) Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence.
– Virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa are some of the perfect examples of Artificial Intelligence and smart learning which has already integrated with our smart devices.
-Apart from this, Apple released Core ML 3 last year which helps software developers to develop AI-enabled apps. Some of the examples of AI are Face recognition, image recognition, speech recognition, text classification, etc.
-Thus, AI will ultimately improvise the performance of mobile applications at all levels.
Conclusion:
-With changing time, innovations, deep research work the state of knowledge keeps on changing, upgrading, and one must move forward and adapt accordingly to sustain longer in the race. Thus, if one wishes to build a successful mobile app that is churning benefits to users in the coming years also, then the above-mentioned mobile app development trends should be considered by the developers.
-The world of mobile apps will continue to grow and to stay in competition one must flow with the trend only.
