Here Are Some Mobile App Development Trends For 2020

By Author: Cameron McCaughey
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Presently, mobile applications have become an important necessity in everyone’s life. It has completely revolutionised the industry, in a world of digitalisation, and is gaining incredible traction in every aspect of life. A lot of leading tech giants have invested colossally in mobile apps over the past few years, hence its reputation is indisputable.   
 
The industry of app designing and development has also been impacted by ongoing technological trends. The same goes for app development in Australia, especially in these competitive times, the changes being introduced are dynamic. Below mentioned are some of the recent trends for the year 2020 which has massively changed the landscape of app development for smartphones.  
 
1. Internet of Things
The IoT or Internet of Things is an expansive network of several interconnected mechanical, digital and computing devices which enable the transfer and exchange of information ...
... and data. The utilisation of IoT in mobile apps remotely helps to control all the smart gadgets, mostly smartphones. Today there are IoT enabled wristwatches and other kinds of wearables. Brands like Google and Amazon strengthened the competition further by introducing the new line called “Echo” and Google Home Voice Controller respectively.   
 
2. AR and VR
After the release of the ARCore by Google and ARKit by Apple, iOS and Android apps benefitted largely since they gained a heavy momentum in their business. They paved the way for a mixed revolution reality, offering several features like environmental understanding, people occlusion, motion tracking, light estimation of packages and more. It has brought about a sea of changes in different industries like education, retail, travel, healthcare etc. All those mobile apps which are already utilising these technologies are giving an amazing experience to the consumers and in this way are also increasing their sale and revenue.   
 
The following might be the future of AR and VR - 

AR virtual user manual 
AR-based  destination navigation 
VR based simulations for virtual training 
VR based exploration activities 
Visual learning which is AR and VR based 
Live concerts and music events 

 
3. Beacon Technology
According to statistics by GeoMarketing, by the year 2020, the total number of deployment of Beacon technology will reach 400 million globally.  Although this trend has been around for some time in the market now, by 2020 its presence will be more strong. The beacon-based notifications are helping several businesses to connect with their customers in a very contextual manner. Automated personal beacons will also be introduced. It will make sharing of information easy and possible.  
 
4. Rising use of Chatbots
Chatbots are the perfect means of engaging more customers with the business. It enables one to bring about an improvement in customer relationship management. The integration of chatbots into mobile apps will enhance its performance by several levels.  
 
5. Cloud Technology
This technology is another extraordinary trend for the year 2020. It never ceases to amaze the developers of mobile apps. Cloud-based mobile apps are highly safe and secure, from where the user can access their data in a hassle-free manner and seamlessly.  These apps will run directly in the cloud, taking additional pressure off the internal memory of the smartphone. This way, the phone will also not crash frequently. The performance of the smartphone will be faster and it will also be cost-saving.   
 
Some future applications of this technology can happen in the following ways- 

Multiple cloud-based platforms
Cloud quantum computing 
Hybrid cloud-based solutions  

 
6. Machine Learning 
Also known by the name of Artificial Intelligence, these are prominent trends in the smartphone application industry. It is expected to take itself to a new stature in this current year. It is the simulation of human intelligence and interaction into machines so that they can be programmed to think and interact like machines.  They mimic human behaviour, exhibiting traits associated with human behaviour like problem-solving and decision making. Therefore, its ideal characteristic is to rationalise and then take actions focussed on a specific goal.  
 
Cameron McCaughey is an experienced developer of a reputed company for App development in Australia named Vision & Solutions. Here, the author has written this informative article to elaborate and convey to the readers the major application development trends for the year 2020.

Cameron McCaughey is a techie, software developer, App Developer at Vision & Solutions, a top-ranking company providing expertise entrepreneurial solutions, including ERP and CRM software solutions to businesses of all types and sizes.