1. HOW FUTURISTIC
TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE
FUTURE OF MOBILE APP
DEVELOPMENT
 Technology
 Web & App
Technology has since the early days of homo sapiens impacted the
way we live and interact. Though very different in the Bronze Age,
technology today is everywhere and has integrated itself with
everything. In fact, according to BuildFire, 21% of Millennials open

2. an app 50+ times per day, 49% of people open an app 11+ times each
day, and 57% of all digital media usage comes from mobile apps.
Mobile App development has seen a rise in the digital world, but as
technology grows, it is changing app development with it. Different
technological branches affecting the way we think of applications
means that applications and their use keeps evolving. Applications
today will always be different from applications tomorrow, and that’s
what this article takes a closer look at. From advanced technologies
such as the Internet of Things(IoT) and Cloud technology to
Progressive Web-Apps, the app development world is in constant flux,
ever-changing, and evolving as these interconnected industries grow.
Internet Of Things (IoT):
It is hard to describe IoT in simple language. At its core, IoT is a
network of interconnected devices that use sensors and rely on
network connectivity, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth to relay information across
multiple devices, essentially “talking” to each other. Once information
or data is shared, the software analyses it to execute a function based
on that information. This process is based around sensors, devices, and
connectivity, and doesn’t require human interaction.

3. The global IoT market was valued at $190.0 billion in 2018 and is
projected to reach a massive $1,102 billion by 2026 with a Compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.7%.
Financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing are leaders in IoT
thinking, and in many cases, are connecting IoT capabilities with
powerful advanced analytics or artificial intelligence. According to
Forbes, 6 out of 10 executives in the financial services sector, report
having well-developed IoT initiatives. In percentage, this translates
into 58% executives, followed by executives in healthcare

4. organizations, around 55%.
This growing trend will impact the future of mobile app development
in several ways, some of which we’ve mentioned below.
The Need For Infrastructural Development
The trend of high-frequency applications being launched has given
rise to the demand for cloud computing. The increase in the usage of
applications and data means that there’s a great need for better cellular
capacity or other network connections such as Wi-Fi.
This affects the performance of cloud services and has pushed a
greater responsibility on mobile application developers. Cloud service
providers have to optimize their services to satiate network demands
on their end.

5. Mobile application developers have to make necessary infrastructural
changes to comply with these developments to ensure competitive
applications are made. Time and Speed are what consumers demand,
and the structural modifications developers need will affect the quality
of their applications. This comes with a mindset focused on futuristic
change in mobile app technology.
This means that mobile application development teams need to align
themselves with evolving technologies to ensure their applications are
synergistic and provides the best consumer value.
The Need For Increased Security
In the status quo, most users store their private and personal
information into their smart devices. This sensitive data is always a
risk due to threats of hacking, which has been a massive concern in
the 21st
century.
With IoT, users can store their data into the cloud, which reduces this
threat. IoT applications have a more robust security protocol that
needs to be followed, as opposed to general applications.
As this alternative solution exists, the burden on application
developers is to ensure they follow these encryption protocols. This
will impact the way mobile applications are developed in the future.

6. Developers will have to use extreme and enhanced data protection
measures to ensure security. This will protect confidential data
gathered from the users upon using an application and safeguard them
against potential threats.
The future of applications, as a result, seem promising, with more
room for trust in applications that keep these security measures in
mind. There is a general distrust that consumers show when
interacting with apps.
According to research carried out by Mobile Ecosystem Forum out of
6,500 people, 76 percent of smartphone users “are actively spending
time and effort trying to secure their information.” Over half – 57
percent – feel they are at risk through data collected on their devices.
Moreover, 66 percent of phone users said they had suffered data-
related harm
Two-thirds of consumers have abandoned the purchase of an app
because of privacy concerns, and 69 percent decided not to download
one due to “excessive permission requests.” This erosion of trust can
be met by using IoT applications, which can help regain this lost
confidence.

7. Centralization Of Apps On One Platform
IoT’s arrival in the market has centralized platforms to reduce
multiple device management for users. This deliverability of
convenience is what truly sets it apart and change the application
development ecosystem. Ease of management and cost-effectiveness
for both general users and app developers is the promise of this
centralizing platform.
The development of the Beacon technology that works with IoT based
on geo-location helps with this feature.
When a device with a beacon-activated app enters a specific pre-
defined area, the beacon emits a signal. This signal relays information
through a push notification or alert on a mobile device. This process is
automated and is often used in large shopping malls, for marketing
purposes and customer acquisition. These applications are commonly
used to attract customers to engage with a brand, based on their
geographical location.
In its applications, it can manage your electrical systems when you go
in and out of your room or house when you enter your office and so
on. This kind of automation not only broadens the scope of application
development but can also help within the app development process.
Through automation, while not necessarily tied to location or beacon

8. technology, you could make your processes more straightforward and
cut down on unskilled tasks that require labor.
Cloud-Driven Mobile Applications And
Their Demand
Cloud technology is essentially a virtual space used for storage and
data management. It allows users to share all kinds of information, not
limited by their geographical location. Over time, Cloud computing
and its impact in the world of Mobile Applications are becoming more
apparent.
The development of applications that are faster and more powerful is
on the rise. Data can be fetched quicker, reducing significantly the
space applications occupy on your smart devices.
The most commonly known platforms that utilize cloud-based abilities
are Google Drive and Dropbox. Their rising popularity is only just the
beginning with a Cisco research predicting that Globally, cloud apps
will drive 90% of total mobile data traffic by the end of 2019, and
Mobile cloud traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate
(CAGR) of 60%.

9. Apart from this structural difference, cloud technology has multiple
other benefits in the world of App development, both for users and
developers.
Web Analytics Will Become Faster
Cloud services can be compared to steroids, in web analytics.
Developers utilize consumer behavior data to optimize their
applications and enhance user experience all the time. They gain
information for web analytics, analyze them and respond to consumer
demand.
With the advent of cloud technology, the ability of applications to
mine this data, store it, and analyze it has become far more rapid than
before. Mobile apps are utilizing this technology to be the first to
identify consumer trends to capture a larger market share.
This has increased the role of mobile application development in
providing value and has made it even more effective than before.
Product enhancements, responsive upgrades, and information
rendering have all been made easier through the use of Cloud-based
services.
This helps businesses utilize applications to deliver a better
“customer-oriented” product. For developers, this presents a more

10. complicated task. Ensuring that their apps are optimized to produce
these results is not an easy job and will require them to develop skills,
if not already trained.
Cost Reduction Through Cloud-Based Systems:
Cloud services are also a great way to reduce the cost of application
management, development, and maintenance.
Servers —There are no on-premise servers, costs related to physical
server locations such as electricity and power are significantly
reduced.
Computers and Hardware — No extra infrastructural costs or IT-
related costs for computers and devices. The cloud providers work on
a Pay-as-you-Go model, which means you pay for your needs and
nothing else.
Maintenance or Downtime problems — Cloud vendors monitor,
maintain, and update programs minimizing the downtime. Less
downtime directly leads to a rise in productivity, increased revenue
and reduces cost.

11. Artificial Intelligence Keeps Growing
Lastly, let’s take a look at Artificial intelligence. Now AI, isn’t just a
piece of technology. Artificial intelligence aids all the technologies
mentioned above, in their functionality. It allows machines to perform
human cognitive functions such as learning, rationalizing and
analyzing.
To understand the growth of AI, one needs to only know that the
International Data Corporation expects global spending on AI
systems to grow from $35.8 billion in 2019 to $79.2 billion in 2022.
Just take a look at the increasing VC investments in AI startups in the
last two decades
This simulation of human intelligence has a diverse set of use cases,
some of which related to mobile app development will be our focus.

12. Developers Can Be More Creative:
With the help of Artificial Intelligence, app developers have found a
great room for task automation. The development environments or
platforms they use allow them to automate functions that are repetitive
to reduce time and effort in that goes with application development.
Just as predictive search works on search engines, Artificial
Intelligence can help eliminate redundancy within the coding process.
This allows developers to fetch a pre-written code based on
suggestions to integrate functions quicker.

13. Moreover, for developers, process management is a huge problem. It
takes a great deal of time, adds no particular value to the project, and
drains energy. Updating tasks after completion, communicating it to
the entire team can take up time.
With Artificial Intelligence, this process management can be
automated. Moreover, reminders can be generated if a task is left
incomplete by accident to remind the developers.
This optimization can help free up more time and allow for more
creative solutions. Since developers can work hassle-free, they can
spend more time on identifying unique solutions, rather than sticking
to conventional strategies.
This optimization can help improve their performance and help
produce ground-breaking applications.
Automation and Personal Assistants apps will become more
commonplace
Artificial Intelligence is the backbone of new-age mobile applications.
For business applications, the information relating to the present is
becoming secondary.

14. Every consumer action is a peek into the future of industries. With
Artificial Intelligence, applications are intelligent enough to gather
data and recognize patterns of behavior. Machine learning, a subset of
artificial intelligence dedicated to self-correction, is crucial to an app’s
performance in the future.
As tons of data are generated through consumer interaction,
rationalizing this data is also essential. This provides insights into the
performance of an application.
This helps you identify the flaws in your process, the features that are
increasing your bounce rate, and so on. In addition, it also helps with
personalization.
Data is everything these days; there’s more data out there than ever
before, which is beyond human comprehension. For these
applications, Artificial Intelligence can help improve their
performances.
Moreover, within Machine learning, data application changes
everything. From applications such as personal assistants that
automate tasks and improve accuracy by self-learning has enormous
potential. This is the future of mobile apps, and for most, it is already

15. their focus. These are based primarily on data analytics, to recreate
human behavior.
Applications such as Siri and Alexa are great examples of how
Personal Assistants can be useful. Machine learning can help further
this development and change the way apps work in the world.
About The Author
SHAH ANAS
Shah Anas is a Business Development Executive who believes in the responsibility of businesses to give back
to society. Away from the office, Shah loves to talk about sports and politics and is always ready to post a long
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