The smartphone user volume is breaking its own records every year, and the penetration of apps in everyday life is increasing at a galloping pace. Naturally, we can experience new trends in the app development scenario more frequently than ever before.
Now that we have landed a fresh new year, it is time to introspect and discover the most impactful trends shaping app development. Are the app developers near me versed with the evolving trends? This is a legitimate question to make rounds in the minds of many.
Below, we will shortlist some of the most important trends shaping mobile app development in 2023 and beyond.
Apps leveraging 5G at full scale
Though the 5G network was launched almost a year ago with its bombarding speed and performance promises, it still needs to be commercially used by most app developers and service providers. But this year, 5G will likely become the focal point of app performance and unprecedented user experience.
From 2023, apps will leverage the 5G network at full scale, and the users will start experiencing a huge performance boost and seamless user experience like never before. The 5G network will mainly transform the user experience for app categories such as live streaming, entertainment, messaging, healthcare, Fintech, enterprise, e-commerce and retail, and many others.
Super App Development
For years, one mobile app has been used to cater to one user’s need or purpose, and this approach needs to be updated for some time. We have entered the era of Super Apps or apps catering to various solutions for different purposes through a single app interface.
Super Apps can start with just a chat messaging app and then incorporate e-commerce and streaming video features, thus catering to many purposes. There is an overwhelming craze around super apps in the developing world, and we can see more businesses leaning towards super app development in the future.
Low-code & No-code development
The low-code and no-code development have set trends for mobile app developers for the past several years. The modular development of an app by using ready-to-use coded components with a drag-and-drop app builder has made the job easier for many aspiring app projects across niches. The best part is that you do not need to sacrifice creativity to use these No-code app builder platforms.
Another middle ground that app developers often find more interesting is low-code development. With this approach, they can still use the modular and pre-coded components for developing an app, but now, they can customize some parts with their own code. More app projects and developers will rely on No-code and low-code platforms in the coming months.
Conversational AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has penetrated all app niches, and it has become so vast that it is futile to refer to it as a standalone technology. Within the AI landscape, conversational AI has become the most popular facet. More intelligent and proactive conversational AI now replaces the traditional rule-based chatbots.
AI-based data models like NLP, NER, NLU, and NLG are now shaping the dialogue flow and conversational experience. The Natural Language Generation (NLG) transformer technologies like GPT-3 and ChatGPT have taken the world by storm with their overwhelming abilities to create content and participate in human conversation with natural flair and intelligence. The future of app-based customer support will be impacted hugely by this conversational AI technology.
Apps solely focused on camera functions
In our time, if one particular type of app stands out in popularity across all age groups and user categories, it is the video conferencing app. These apps are downloaded millions of times every month and are used for all communication settings and environments, ranging from schools and homes t9 workplaces.
Another popular app or feature that relies mainly on the camera function of the smartphone device is live streaming. Whether as part of social media or chat platforms or as a standalone app feature, live streaming will continue to grow in popularity. TikTok only set off a trend that will grow to unprecedented proportions.
Besides live broadcasting and streaming entertainment, Camera-based app development has also penetrated remote security and surveillance apps. Since remote surveillance is now part and parcel of people’s lives in most cities worldwide, vigilance and security camera apps will continue to grow in popularity.
App interface for folding smartphones
At first, smartphones tended to become more petite and cute, and then offering more giant screens became the trend. Now offering the same screen space with a folding and portable device has become the latest trend. Naturally, app projects must adhere to a new range of aesthetic and functional requirements.
The new foldable smartphones, from the perspective of the app interface design, pose two significant requirements. First of all, the app UI should be capable of fitting to the small screen view of a folded device, and secondly, it should scale up when the device is unfolded. Designing an app user interface keeping this dual screen size will likely be a significant trend in the coming months.
Summing It Up
There are still several development trends that we still need to cover in this blog post. But all these trends still showcase where the app development world is heading for. A more seamless and lucid user experience will be at the center of app development trends. App developers must update their skills continuously to stay tuned to these trends in the coming years.