Trends Shaping Mobile Development In 2017

Mobile application development has transformed massively over the last decade. This transitional shift can be attributed to the fact of evolving customer demands.

We have forecasted some of the popular trends that are most likely to be observed in app development in 2017.

 

1. Augmented Reality or Altered Reality

Remember how crazy people went after Pokémon Go? That is when the developers realised the potential of implementing altered reality techniques in application development. Augmented reality or altered reality is not a new technique and it has been a while since it has been introduced. However, it was used by pilots while navigating aircrafts and its introduction to the mobile application development is relatively new. The sector contains a lot of potential for growth and development. It will completely change the way consumers will interact with businesses in the future.

Some of the best existing applications employing the augmented reality technique are Pokémon Go, Google Translator, and WallaMe.

2. Beacon technology

Beacon technology was first introduced in 2013 by Apple and since then, it has caused waves in the tech world. Retailers like Macy's and JCPenny have deployed the technology into their businesses. However, the technology has a vast scope in the mobile application development sector and the projected benefits are not only limited to the retail sector.

Location based applications have gained massive popularity and have secured a wide user base, in the recent years. Location based applications use beacon technology to transfer data directly to the user's device using Bluetooth.

3. Application streaming

Google has introduced a new feature called Application Streaming and it is still in the test phase. However, the newly introduced technology is extremely promising in terms of optimising search results. With this technology, you can directly stream applications on your mobile devices without downloading them to your phone. This will save up a lot of space on your device and let you benefit from the features of the application. Existing Google algorithm cannot take information from businesses' mobile applications and therefore search results were not optimised. Apparently it sounds like a negative step for developers to take, because then most people will not download their applications, but with this technique they can get more exposure and traffic to their ecommerce website.

4. Advanced authentication methods

A recent study found that mobile vulnerabilities have increased significantly over the last couple of years. With an increase in the breach of security, the demand for advanced authentication systems have also increased. App developers understand the fact that common people are not aware about the advanced security techniques. Therefore, they try to embed a security mechanism within the application. But they have to be careful that those mechanisms are embedded in a non-invasive way so that they don't hinder with the user experience. Currently the most popular security method used by Facebook, and other commonly used applications, is a two-step user authentication.

Experts at App Developers Sydney are well-aware of the structural changes occurring in the mobile app development world. We put our best efforts into creating interactive mobile applications for our customers by incorporating the latest features, which enriches the user experience.