Mobile Apps Development Trends in 2019
With the number of mobile users keep growing larger day by day, mobile apps are becoming more and more relevant to our daily lives. The number of online traffics from mobile devices are already surpassing traffics generated from desktops and laptops devices. Therefore, it is important for businesses to have their own mobile application as an official channels to communicate, engage, and serve their customers as well as attracting potential ones.
Mobile apps are specifically developed to make our lives easier and more convenient. For example, people don’t have to visit a stores to buy foods or clothes or other goods anymore, just a few taps on their mobile devices and their orders are ready to be delivered in matter of hours or even less. Advanced technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, augmented reality/ virtual reality etc. are growing strong and help contribute to the progress of app developments. These technologies have the capacity to change and improve the way we live our lives. Here are the most popular trends in mobile app developments that are predicted to take off in 2019:
Augmented reality
One of the early successful cases of using this technology is with Pokémon Go, and it continues to keep growing stronger ever since. The incorporation of augmented reality in into mobile app development has evolved beyond gaming. And today, many e-commerce companies have successfully integrated this technology into their apps providing their customers with an interesting app using and shopping experience. For example, users can try on new furniture as well as clothing to how it looks like in real life by using AR without having to physically having their hands on them.
Other real life use cases for AR are being developed and soon we will witness those to surface and become a reality.
Cloud-based apps
Many businesses are already transitioning into cloud technology including their mobile app system. Applications incorporating cloud technologies will have its data of the main functionalities stored and accessed directly from the cloud. This allows the app to consume fewer storage space on users’ mobile devices. By doing so, it increases storage capacity of users’ devices, which in turn improve performance of the app.
Additionally, many internal-use cloud-based apps allow companies’ employees to have access to business information anywhere, anytime, helping them carry out business activities as usual.
Personalisation
Mobile apps are becoming highly personalized. By learning users’ behavior and activities, apps can now suggest users for assistance on task completion as well as providing recommendations. This helps to improve users’ app experience and increase app’s usefulness to users.
In 2019, apps are expected to offer a lot more tailor experience to users with the introduction of new technologies including data analysis incorporated to app development.
Artificial intelligence
With growing in recognition and public adoption of various virtual assistants such as Siri (iOS), Google Assistant, Alexa (Amazon), Cortana (Microsoft), we witnessed the rise and rise of artificial intelligence in 2019. With the increased innovations in technologies, AI is expected to become better and smarter with more real-life use cases making people’s lives more convenient.
Mobile apps’ capacity is being expanded with artificial intelligence and machine learning. From voice search and voice command to controlling smart-home devices and appliances, the possibilities are growing more and more.
Mobile payments
Nowadays with mobile banking, users can access their bank account to check balance and carry out other banking activities (e.g. balance transfer, paying bills etc.) anywhere, anytime on the go. Furthermore, the introduction of e-wallet apps now allow users to make payment very easily in just a matter of seconds without having to taking out their credit/debit cards.
This provides another layer of security and makes it more convenient to users without having to carry their credit/debit cards when going shopping. Mobile payment is the trend and will continue taking over the traditional form of payments in 2019.
Furthermore, with the rise in popularity of blockchain technology, mobile payment will evolve with more profound changes by providing users with better and more convenient ways to make payment and/or transfer money.
My name is Manh, I’m a mobile app developer at TP&P Technology – a leading offshore software outsourcing company in Vietnam. Manh is interested in technology, businesses and like to listen to classical music while coding.
