“Change is the Only Constant”
Fits accurately when used in reference to the Technology, especially Mobile Apps. The past decade has been full of technological advancements be it any field, we all witnessed the tectonic shifts. In 2021 we will see more advancements in mobile app development trends.
Getting your online order within 2hrs. via drone delivery, receiving your pizza within 30 minutes of cooking, receiving an International courier from north-to-south pole in just 2 days, creating live specimen through 3D printing instantly and many more. Everything is available just on the
blink of an eyelid. Nothing of this sort ever existed before.
Now the million-dollar question, before we proceed further, remains unanswered “Why technology change so quickly?” Let’s understand this first.
Essentially, it started in a way, where new technology leads to even newer technology in a building-block fashion. New advances lay the groundwork to build even more advanced, sophisticated, cost-effective and refined technologies. Since it’s both lucrative and life-easing, it’s a trend that certainly won’t slow down anytime soon. That’s how the whole evolution
happened.
Google I/O the mecca of all technical mega fest, annual tech show organized by Google is the best way to delve deeper and know the ins & outs of latest and upcoming mobile app development trends.
Facts Cum Statistics
● Download projections for apps in 2018 stand at 269 Billion. That’s around 33 apps for every person on Earth.
● The most downloaded app of all time is Facebook.
● 1.98 million apps and 2.87 million apps are available respectively on Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
● 96% and 92% of Google Play Store apps and Apple App Store apps respectively are free of cost.
● The most profitable app, at this time, is ‘Clash of Clans’ by Supercell . Since its launch in 2012, it has raked in over $5 billion. This is around $1.5 million a day. This shows how profitable app development can be.
● App developers from India charge the lowest amount, around $8/hour. In comparison, the highest cost of app development is incurred from North America with per hour costs as high as $225.
● India is the second-largest app market after the USA. Amongst billions of WhatsApp users, over 68% are from India.
Now allow us to take you directly to the next part of this write-up and understand the Top 10 trends of mobile app development in 2021
1. Artificial Reality/ Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
After the recent launch of ARKit by Apple and ARCore by Google, the AR/VR industry picked-up momentum. Another big push is from two of the social media giants. Snapchat and Instagram have already released their AR filters that can turn a human face into various digital funny characters.
One thing is obvious by now that the use of AR/VR will not be limited to just gaming applications anymore. In 2021 you will witness the use of AR/VR in marketing & advertising, manufacturing, healthcare and Education.
2. 5G (5th-Generation) Internet
Tech Giant Qualcomm states; 5G enables a new kind of network that is designed to connect virtually everyone and everything together including machines, objects, and devices.
5G wireless technology is meant to deliver higher multi-Gbps peak data speeds, ultra-low ultra-low latency, more reliability, massive network capacity, increased availability, and a more uniform user experience to more users.
● 5G can be significantly faster than 4G, delivering up to 20 Gigabits-per-second(Gbps) peak data rates and 100+ Megabits-per-second (Mbps) average data rates.
● 5G is also designed to get the most out of available spectrum and bands—from low bands below 1 GHz to mid bands from 1 GHz to 6 GHz, to high bands known as millimetre wave (mmWave).
● 5G has significantly lower latency compared to 4G, real-time access: a 10x
decrease in end-to-end latency down to 1ms.
● 5G can also natively support all spectrum types (licensed, shared, unlicensed) and bands (low, mid, high), a wide range of deployment models (from traditional macro-cells to hotspots), and new ways to interconnect (such as device-to-device and multi-hop mesh).
3. Integrated Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT (Internet of Things), is basically a network of physical objects that are embedded with sensors, electronics, and software which are all interconnected within the network itself.
The internet of things helps people live and work smarter, as well as gain complete control over their lives. IoT is one of the most important technologies of everyday life, and it will continue to pick up steam as more businesses realize the potential of connected devices to keep them competitive.
4. Blockchain
Ever since its inception, Blockchain has opened up a pandora box of new avenues & exciting opportunities in the Fintech sector. Blockchain technology is an open distributed ledger that can record transactions of two parties securely and efficiently. As it is distributed, Blockchain is typically managed by a peer-to-peer network working simultaneously together to solve complex mathematical problems in order to validate new blocks.
Bitcoin mining (an inter-related phenomenon of blockchain technology) is performed by high-powered computers that solve complex computational math problems and for each verification or decoding, you get bitcoins in return, a win-win situation.
5. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI & ML )
The combination of machine learning (ML), as well as artificial intelligence (AI), is now a very much part of mobile app innovations that cannot be separated now. This means, not only AI & Machine Learning have deep roots in today’s mobile apps, but they have a significant opportunity of innovation in future as well.
6. Chatbots & Responsive Technology
SIRI and Alexa are two most common examples drawn to explain the utilities of chatbots and responsive technologies. APart from that almost all webpages deployed their own custom bots to enhance UX and draw the best business results.
The same trend will follow in the years to come.
7. Robotics
Though surgical robots don’t take off in 2020, health care will still likely become more automated. With the boom of integrated platforms, web and mobile combined, Just as robots can transport and deliver goods in manufacturing and retail, they can move medicine and equipment through hospitals while doctors and nurses focus on other tasks.
8. Cloud-Based Connected Apps
Cloud technology helps organizations store a massive amount of data. This technology, when integrated with mobile apps, enhances the storage capabilities of the applications and increases productivity and collaboration. Further, most of the mobile applications
with bigger databases use the Amazon Web Service (AWS) as their cloud computing backup. This trend will boom in the upcoming years.
9. M-commerce
With more and more people converging towards mobile purchasing, the future of m-commerce looks promising. Apple Pay and Google Wallet have encouraged customers to shop via smartphones instead of their debit or credit cards. Retail & ecommerce businesses nowadays wish apps that let their customers shop easily and make transactions without cash or physical cards.
10. 3D Printing
You could say that 3D printing small objects is affordable and 3D printing large objects is expensive. Prices go up exponentially as the object size increases. And although precious metals are even more expensive, jewelry production is still very suitable for 3D printing. With increasing mobile penetration this trend is also predicted to skyrocket in upcoming years.
Hence we covered the Top 10 Trends of Mobile App development that you will witness for sure in 2021. Let us know, if you have any other thoughts on it or any query regarding anything mentioned, do contact us. Thanks for your time.
