If you own a smartphone or tablet, you simply cannot avoid using mobile apps. There’s an app for everything these days. Take a look at the apps you have on your smartphone and you’ll be surprised to note just how many apps you’ve downloaded over time. Did you know that it’s your app preferences and app usage statistics that dictate evolving mobile app development trends? Got you curious, haven’t we? Several new mobile app development trends are developing, even as we creep closer to 2016. Read on to know more!
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No Need For Card Or Cash – Just Pay With Your Phone!
Consumers are becoming more comfortable buying things and paying for them through their mobiles. By the end of 2016, mobile phones will account for about 25.0% of all retail eCommerce sales within the US alone. Whether you’re paying your bills, shopping online or transferring money, the right mobile app can make life so much easier for you. Is it any wonder that mobile app developers are rushing to develop apps that allow smooth online payment transactions?
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Get Ready For Some Cool Cloud-Driven Gaming!
Great news for mobile gamers everywhere! In the last two years, we saw a shift in mobile app development from single-gamer games to multi-gamer games. Then came social media integration, taking gaming to a new level. Guess what, the next thing is cloud-driven gaming. Your games and game-related data will be stored in the cloud and you’ll be able to access it all from any mobile device. Isn’t that cool?
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Trusting Your App’s Security Yet?
If you’re concerned about the reports you’ve been reading on hackers downloading confidential information through mobile apps, you’ve got a right to be concerned. Even today, more than 50% of mobile apps fail some of the security tests applied to them. So ensuring app security is a major mobile app development trend right now, and will continue to be until everything’s airtight.
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Tired Of Carrying It? Just Wear It!
It’s not just the health and fitness industry that’s coming up with wearable tech these days. Fashion, textile and other industries are moving to wearable technological devices to improve productivity. If you’re wondering what forms these wearable tech devices might take, well, the sky’s the limit. Think watches, pendants, belt buckles and even eyeglasses!
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Locality-based Wi-Fi Services and IoT
Location-based services have been great for the retail sector, we’re sure you’ll agree. However, when combined with Internet of Things (IoT), it opens up a whole new scenario. Consider this –you use an app on one device at home, and continue to use the same app on another device while traveling. The app, meanwhile, synchronizes your usage of both devices and gives you the current status. This is because of a single IP address associated with all your Wi-Fi devices. As far as the retail sector is concerned, IoT helps it to engage customers anywhere, via Wi-Fi or Beacon technology. As far as consumers are concerned, it offers the kind of seamless transitional experience that truly adds value to people’s lives.
