Mobile App Trends Which Will Dominate 2018

We are about to step into 2018, carrying great technology experience of 2017, hugely contributed by Mobile App Development with some successful and prosperous Mobile apps. Especially iPhone App Development is mentionable, which has gained extreme demand due to the wide usage of iPhones. In each coming year, iTunes and Google Play Store are experiencing huge growth in the number of mobile app downloads.

Mobile apps have the best track of records in the success of different businesses, since major businesses across the world prefer mobile applications to gear up their growth, supplemented by improved revenue and satisfied customer demands. The current market and technology trends have a big role in this whole scenario.

The app built considering latest trends has more chances to stay longer in the market, rather than ordinary well-doing applications. A spectacular mobile app formulated with best trends is capable to meet customer needs and hence get high appreciation and popularity among the Smartphone audience.

2018 seem to be not left behind in mobile app development, as it will be bringing some illustrious trends along it. Here, we are listing few prominent and emerging Mobile App Development trends that one should look before building a new application.

•    Augmented Reality (AR)

AR is a most blooming trend in technology, having great potential to engage and attract a large audience with its powerful applications. The gaming industry has got a distinct face of success through the exceptional AR game applications. The giant AR game apps like iOnRoad, Pokemon Go, and Sky Siege have got immense popularity by the users.

Though the utility apps having their own prime role, the smart apps integrated with AR have a bright and rising future.  AR superimposes the user's reality with computer-generated virtual images which bring high experience to the users. Apart from gaming, AR apps are also applicable in location hunting, education, instant messaging and online marketing.

•    Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is one of the most applicable trends in mobile app development contributing with its cognitive interfaces, state-of-the-art analytics, and machine learning techniques. Several Android App Development Companies are availing the AI technology for creating market and technology compatible mobile apps.

Starbucks is the best example of AI integration in mobile apps. Replika, Cortana, and Hound are some notable AI applications sustaining the iPhone App Development . Upcoming year suppose to bring more AI experiments implemented with mobile apps.

•   Virtual Reality (VR)

VR technologies have extreme potential to form a real-life situation for the users. Samsung Gear, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift are powerful VR apps and devices introduced to the world and are well acclaimed. The Orbulus app built for both Android and iOS gives us a new perspective on real-world places where we can’t visit in person; this is one of the best evidence of VR application.

Google Translate is another best example of an AI app offering easy translations through machine learning and a user-friendly approach. It is predicted that VR will have a $30 billion market by 2020.

Internet of things (IoT)

Since every IOT solution needs a robust mobile application, enabling users to handle the smart devices, it is the most thriving trend in mobile app development. Among its noteworthy applications like Smart home, wearable’s, smart city, connected car and connected health, the Smart Home mainly stands out by ranking at highest on the Internet of Things application list. In 2018 the smart homes seem to be more interactive with powerful mobile apps.  

IoT industry is rendering high profits and revenues to the firms; hence developers have a great responsibility to build IoT enabled mobile applications. The IoT has the extreme capability to increase the power of smart device sensors to securely exchange personal information over Wi-Fi networks.