App development trends for 2020

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Do you intend having a great start-up firm in place? Are you into selling the latest genre of products or services? Else, are you an app development company which is into developing suave apps for mobile phone users and web audiences? If you answer the question with an affirmative yes, then this blog is the must-read for you. You have the top-rated app development trends for the year 2020. Helping you get a glimpse into each of them:

 

1. Discover Blockchain

 

Blockchain technology can be the game changer indeed. Blockchain technology has helped many start-up companies create their own versions of powered apps, smarter contracts and software solutions. You discover several techies and mobile app developers producing powerful apps and software solutions thereby unveiling the benefits of Blockchain. You can use the Blockchain strategy with IoT and several other applications too.

Clubbing Block Chain with IoT

You can seamlessly club the Blockchain technology with that of IoT or Internet of Things. By this, you have a number of benefits attributed to the same. These include:

a) Enhanced speed in performing transactions.

b) Reducing the risk factor and

c) Reducing the cost of your development based projects.

The concept can be illustrated with the help of a real-time example:

Suppose you introduce a contract that is machine readable, you can control the elements associated with it. This explains IoT. At the same time, you use the Blockchain for secure payments and authentic financial transactions. Hence, you see for yourself, how clubbing Blcokchain with IoT can help you gain a multitude of benefits.

Blockchain with Cloud computing

Cloud computing can be used as a software, product and service. When you use cloud computing technology with Blockchain, then you get BaaS. Which is Blockchain as a Service. Again, clubbing the benefits of Blockchain and Cloud computing helps your business grow immensely. Many start-ups and established Business firms have started using the app this way. You can

1. Send push notifications

2. Manage users via the app and

3. Get your firm connected to third-party cloud services

2. Artificial Intelligence

AI fits into any kind of domain or segment of your business entity. Be it Finance, Marketing, HR, Manufacturing and Service Deliverables. Hence, when you develop a mobile app with AI, you are all set to gain as an entrepreneur or as a start-up conglomerate.

You can take single-end web users or app developers! Integrating machine learning into mobile development has always been the in-thing. Take examples like Siri, Cortana, FaceApp, Google Assistant and a lot many. When you learn to collaborate your mobile app with Machine Learning or ML, you gain access to valuable data. You also get real-time analytics at your finger-tips. It is roughly estimated The AI industry can touch a staggering US$ 40 billion by 2020. The ML industry is also growing at a phenomenal speed of 42%. At this rate, it can reach US$9 billion by 2022.

A few real-time examples on how the integration is carried out:

1. You can include a Chatbot for your mobile app. This is a perfect example of incorporating AI into the app. Chatbots can behave like virtual assistants and can strike a conversation almost like humans.

2. You can use chatbots for a service deliverable industry. Say a Pizza store. The set of processes involve greeting the customer, taking orders, giving options, finalizing deals and printing the bills.

3. The AI app detects the level of toxicity among cancer-ridden patients. This way, the app can detect movements and deduce the type of cancer, a patient is suffering from.

4. You can hire AI/ML developers to help you develop a fleet of apps integrating the features of artificial intelligence. 

3. Incorporating VR and AR on mobile apps

You have more and more mobile apps, deploying Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in their fleet of operations. This way, mobile users are able to visualize stuff in a real-world parlance. You have a game named Pokemon Go. The game has been devised using Augmented Reality.

Mainly because you see trees, grass, sky and people in the game and these exist in the real-time world. You are able to see them through the camera. But in reality, these objects you see through the device aren’t standing next to you. Hence, gaming brands develop the themes using VR and AR. You can download such games into your mobile phone applications. Businesses that provide you these games are all set to gain.

 4. Instant Apps for Mobiles

 Instant Mobile Apps are revolutionizing the world with their trendy and compact sizes. You can unveil the best part of the app without having to download the actual app. The instant apps can otherwise be named the miniature versions of major apps. These fit into your mobile’s storage space instantly without you having to actually download them. Individuals and business entities are promoting their ad campaigns and websites using this particular option.

Android and IoS developers find better conversion rates to installing the instant mobile apps as against the regular versions. Gaming companies too develop miniature versions of their games to excite gaming crowds into buying paid subscriptions. The image sizes are smaller and these apps do not consume that extra space on your phone’s memory. Hollar Inc, New York Times, Crossword, Redbull TV and few other brands are conceptualizing this technique for 2020 and beyond.

5. Internet of Things or IoT 

IoT is making leaping advances both in technology and in the field of mobile app development. Using this versatile technology, mobile app developers add weightage and efficiency to the overall usability of apps. IoT is expected to touch a whopping US $120 billion by the end of 2020. Real-time examples on how IoT integrates itself on to mobile apps:

• Android Ubidots: Are you an avid Android user? Then, you can use the Android platform to help you get connected to Ubidots. This way, you can push your important apps to smartphones, laptops and tablets simultaneously.
• Xively- You can use this app for your mobile phones. This way, you can unveil IoT like features for your string of developmental projects.
• Thingworx- Using this platform, you can perform a host of functionalities in a hassle-free manner. This is especially if you use a website for your ecommerce operations. You have enhanced features like a) Segregating the store into neatly stacked products and services across a virtual domain. b) Supporting optimization for your business operations. This can enhance the overall user experience on mobile phones. c) Building reliable revenue channels and secure payment gateways too.

6. Mobile Wallets

Mobile app developers are developing decentralized platforms to help you make mobile payments at an absolute degree of ease and comfort. The payment apps are pioneered with more secure transacting options.

When firms give customers mobile wallets, their money is kept safe from possible theft and other unforeseen vulnerabilities.

Real Time scenarios with respect to mobile wallets:

1. Samsung is a leading brand that has started providing its customers with mobile wallets. This way, its customers get a more convenient and safer platform for money transactions and bill payments.
2. Apple Pay in IoS 11 is making digital transactions for the peer to peer money payment systems hassle-free.

Conclusion

These are some of the best app development trends for 2020. You can pick most of these user friendly apps from the Play Store. However, high end firms do charge a fee for having them downloaded. You can use your own discretion to decide on the kind of mobile apps you want to download. These apps if used correctly can add value to your lifestyle, business, travel, shopping and a lot more!

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