Smartphone’s have become an integral part of every person’s day to day life. Waking up in the morning, reading news, Youtube videos, checking emails, etc everything is seamlessly executed from our mobile phones. Currently, about 2.1 billion people worldwide are using smartphones, reports according to the TouchPoints. Hence the use of smartphone and mobile application development services are not going to reduced in further years, instead that will be increasing simultaneously. The market of mobile app development is arguably dominated by Google apps like Gmail, Maps, Search) and social media like (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube) and the gaming apps like (Angry bird, Temple run) etc. Over 1 billion smartphones and 179 billion mobile application development per year are downloaded, as mobile development is considered to be one of the most innovative and actively growing sectors.

Some of the big giants like Amazon, Bank of America, Walmart etc are using mobile application services for branding their business around the world. Some of the small or midsize businesses are also following the same strategy that big players do in following the trend of mobile apps. Ultimately the effects of mobile strategy are working extremely well for the software development companies and involve more than just a mobile-friendly website. The mobile apps development is driven by the advancement in technology that needs businesses to have a vision for the next coming years. According to the recent research, the adults aged with 25+ use their phone about 264 times a day which includes either text or calling or messaging. For the people who are aged between 15 to 24 years, the number of times they use their mobile phones is about 387 times a day.

Below are some of the trending technologies which are used in the mobile application development services in the upcoming years. They are described in detail as:

1. Internet of Things (IoT)

According to the reports of Gartner, there will be 26 billion connected devices by the year 2020 that will include several hundred smart objects such as LED light bulbs, toys, domestic appliances, etc. These domestic smart objects will be a part of the internet of things (IoT) and will communicate through the use of the app on smartphones.

Currently, these software technologies like RiotOS and Thingsqaure are communicating with the help of IoT technology. According to the studies, IoT will grow from 157.05$ billion in 2016 to 661.74$ billion by the year 2021 at a CAGR of 33%, and this increase in the productivity will be much more that is not even expected.

2. M-Commerce

There are various analysts who believe that a positive trend in the mobile purchase will help them to grow in next 4 years as more and more consumers adopt m-commerce. The rapid increase in the popularity of ApplePay and Google Wallet will facilitate purchases through the use of mobile phones instead of debit or credit cards.

All this will need developers to build a mobile application which can process the transaction without the requirement of physical debit/credit cards or cash. Beyond the data collection and predictive analysis, the wearable will also play the key role in the future of mobile payment and in developing customer’s loyalty.

3. Wearable devices

According to the reports of International Data Corporation (IDC), the market for wearable devices is going to be the most composite annual growth rate with 20.3% which leads to 213.6 million units shipped in the year 2020. We have seen some of the amazing wearable devices this year like Apple Watch, Xiomi Mi Band2, etc.

These devices show that their way is beyond getting restricted to the only healthcare industry and proves to be one of the promising mobile app development trends in coming years. Thus, these devices can be connected with smartphones and will influence next-generation strategies for mobile phones.

4. Motion & Location Sensing

Most of the mobile phones have location sensor capabilities that are used for multiple positioning methods which provide different granularities of location data. To know about the individual person’s location to within a few kilometers is also a useful factor to provide highly relevant contextual information and services.

Motion & Location Sensing

The motion-sensing apps are highly used in security, anti-theft, power-saving and games. The location sensing apps are used in Games, vehicle navigation, fitness apps, etc. The apps which are exploiting the precise indoor location currently use the technologies such as Wi-Fi, ultrasonic beacons, management, etc.

5. Innovative Mobile user Design

For a sound user experience, the effective display of data and content on your mobile user interface is extremely important. Some of the successful mobile app organizations such as Instagram, Pinterest, and Wunderlit have developed new patterns that depict the intuitive designs and have interactive interface designs.

The designers must also create apps which can accommodate mobile challenges such as partial user attention and interruption. The apps must exploit the technologies with its novel features such as interactive content layers, pattern cards, etc. These features create augmented reality by allowing the users to interact with each other.

6. Application Performance Management

There are two basic factors which lead to the performance of bottlenecks in apps testing i.e. diversity of mobile devices and the nature of mobile networks. But mobile metrics and monitoring tools which are collectively called as APM have improved the decor of testing and quality assurance to determine which app features are being successfully exploited.

Modern organizations need robust tools which can monitor the resources that are used by the application; correlate data with meaningful user insight must be aligned with the performance of business processes. It also increases the chances to provide real performance benefits across the system with virtual perimeters.

7. Artificial Intelligence

With the help of advanced analytics, cognitive interfaces into some complex system and machine techs, the artificial intelligence will provide the organization, the users access to powerful insights which were never available to them, before. All these things could happen just because of the use of artificial intelligence technology in mobile app development.

Gartner has also found that there will be more than 300% rise in the investment of artificial intelligence in coming years as compared to the year 2017. Due to these benefits, the big bees like Google, IBM, eBay, Facebook have also started to acquire the startup's organization whose who have adopted the artificial intelligence.

8. Enterprise Mobile management

Enterprise mobile management is the complete set of people, processes and the technology which are used in mobile computing to streamline the business productivity. The main dimensions for EMM are security, application management, financial sector, etc. It also includes mobile device management, mobile application, and wrapping management.

We cannot deny the statement that mobile phones are the most important part of our lives. Some of the tools will mature, grow and eventually address the wide range of mobile management which is needed across all popular operating system on smartphones, tablets, and PCs for the future evaluation and support.

9. AR & VR Technology

If you are quite aware of modern mobile app development trends, then Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality apps are nothing new to you. In the year 2017, AR & VR technologies have been found as revolutionary in the gaming industry as well as the entertainment industry. Games like Pokemon Go, Sky Siege, etc have been the greatest example of AR & VR technology.

According to the research, the expected market of AR & VR technology software in upcoming years will increase with the ratio of $16.1b. Although it is never expected that VR will also show a rapid growth, however, AR application development will certainly move towards its peak in coming years and will prove its significant usage in mobile development.

10. Security in Apps