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What Future Holds for Mobile App Development

Mobile app development is one such industry everyone wants a piece of the pie for themselves. Its innumerable growth in the past decade is proof that how profitable it is. But will it continue to be a profitable business in the future? What future holds for mobile app development? Stay tuned to find out.

Currently, there are over 2.1 million apps for iOS and 2.8 million apps for android devices. And by the end of 2025 more than 70% of the earth population will have mobile devices. This means there will be billions of mobiles and millions of apps for us to use.

New startups are emerging with new concepts, developers are developing tools to efficiently develop mobile applications, IoT app development, AR/VR app development, and many more things are going on. With this blog, we want to convey the significance mobile app development has for businesses and what new entrepreneurs can expect from the future. The following are the few future trends everyone should watch out for.

1. Mobile App Development Based on Cloud Model

Cloud-based application development is taking a toll on other app development models as it is becoming more and more feasibly possible to develop apps for big data with cloud. Scalability and unlimited space are among the top factors that favor the trend of developing cloud-based applications.

Also, cloud integration offers lower equipment costs, streamlined processes, improved productivity, enhanced collaboration, reduced hosting cost, and other benefits for mobile app development. Hybrid cloud development and Quantum computing are the future of cloud-based mobile app development.

2. AI-Powered Smart Apps Development

Do you love sci-fi movies? As a child, you must have watched many sci-fi movies and wondered can it happen in the real world? Well, AI has that power. It can redefine the landscape of mobile app development. Moreover, it can turn everything sci-fi movies shows into reality when it is combined with futuristic technology like IoT.

3. Next-Generation User Experience with AR/VR

All our bets are on Augmented and virtual reality as both are vital futuristic tech for the future of mobile app development. We have seen the craze of the Pokémon Go app which provided an integrated ecosystem to find various Pokémon like creatures through the screen of the camera.

4. Instant Apps is a Big Opportunity

Instant apps are real things, which allow you to run and test an app without even downloading it. This presents a big opportunity for users as well as developers because it eliminates the requirement of installing an app. It can work as a website and an app to provide similar functionality and experience of both.

5. IoT is Opening New Possibilities

The concept of a smart home is transforming how we are living with devices based on the futuristic tech like IoT. The IoT means a network of devices connected over the internet. It can control your alarm clocks to coffee machines to smart lights and other smart devices connected over the internet. And what you have to do is just tap on your mobile device app to turn them on, off, or anything else. Interesting right? IoT will make all this possible to ease your life and improve your lifestyle.

6. 5G Will Transform the Wireless Technology

5G is much anticipated wireless technology which will transform the landscape of mobile app development. Because 5G is bringing unthinkable speed, which will be 100 times more than what 4G is capable of delivering. And it holds keys to living luxuriously in the future. The image below shows what 5G wireless tech is capable of.

7. Mobile Apps for Wearable

The wearables are becoming a necessity just like mobile devices. It is at a stage, where mobile devices were a decade ago. As the Statista’s report, wearable has 441.5 million user base in 2020, which is a whopping 26.1% year-on-year rise. Whether it’s a smartwatch, fitness band, or spectacles, they have got a huge market base.

Conclusion

As we are progressing, the mobile app development industry is also advancing with time. These are the major technological aspect that will surely make the mobile app development more and more revolutionary. And with time new technologies will come to light to unlock the new possibilities and develop remarkable applications.

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