7 Mobile App Development Trends That Will Get Bigger In 2018

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7 Mobile App Development Trends That Will Get
Bigger In 2018
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1. Mobile Wallets and Microtransactions

• According to Research, 1.5 billion mobile wallets
  were in use around the globe in 2017, and this is
  expected to continue through 2018.
• The mobile wallet is undoubtedly the way of the
  future, so if you havent considered offering
  mobile payments as an option to your customers,
  its probably a good move to make this year.

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2. A Focus on Security

• There will be a huge push towards security in
  2018.
• It will be crucial, particularly concerning
  mobile payments, mobile banking, emails and the
  list goes on. 
• Its important for mobile app security to be
  considered at the beginning of development with
  code encryption, secure back-end, and API,
  reputed payment gateway. You should always test
  your app in every possible scenario before
  releasing it to the app store.

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3. Chatbots Artificial Intelligence

• AI chatbots are becoming increasingly present in
  mobile apps as trailblazing companies such as
  Amazon have proven the success of AI in mobile.
• 2018 will be the year of the enterprise chatbots
  as cognitive services have advanced
  exponentially.
• Users are searching for more effortless
  interactions with brands and are now expecting
  channels of communications to be open 24/7.
• These changing user demands will encourage
  enterprises to implement human-machine
  communications that are both efficient and
  accurate to meet these demands.

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4. Virtual Augmented Reality

• In an era where experiential retail is becoming
  more important, there are many ways AR and VR can
  enhance the way customers interact, navigate, and
  shop.
• AR is especially accessible because its simple
  it can be used on practically any smartphone with
  no extra equipment needed.
• Additionally, we are seeing travel companies use
  it to create simulations of tropical escapes,
  realtors use it for virtual tours of homes for
  sale, and car companies use it for virtual test
  drives. 

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5. On-Demand Services

• Non-game apps saw a higher growth rate than
  mobile games, with approximately 66
  year-over-year growth, climbing to 38 million.
• This is mainly generated from on-demand streaming
  apps such as HBO NOW and Netflix.
• It also expands beyond streaming apps with users
  wanting other on-demand services such as
  haircuts, food, laundry, and so on.

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6. Surge of IoT

• Analysts predict that IoT will grow from 157.05
  billion in 2016 to 661.74 billion by 2021 and
  were just at the beginning stages of this
  growth.
• Last year prediction were that IoT apps will
  surge along with smart home technology. This
  proved to be true in 2017 and will continue to
  grow in 2018 as homes get much more interactive.
• The retail, healthcare, and supply chain
  industries will experience the most growth with
  IoT Retailers are taking advantage of the
  ability to interact with their customers in
  personal ways, the healthcare sector is using
  wearable devices, and supply chains are tracking
  products in factories.

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7. The Rise to Kotlin for Android App Development

• This open source language is based on Java
  Virtual Machine and can also be compiled to
  JavaScript source code.
• Kotlin is both an object-oriented (OO) and
  functional programming (FP) language.
• It is compatible with OO and FP styles allowing
  developers to incorporate elements from each
  form.
• Kotlin offers support for higher-order functions,
  function types and lambdas, making it a great
  choice for functional programming.

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