Waking up with an alarm to dosing off WhatsApping, one finishes everything from reading news, listening music, watching YouTube videos, checking and replying to the Emails and so on with their smartphones nowadays which have become an inseparable part of everyone’s daily lives. It indicates mobile application development trends in coming future.

MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

According to the surveys conducted, the global revenues from mobile applications are expected to grow by almost around 963% in between 2011 and 2017!!!

This is surprisingly unbelievable. This whole thing shows nothing but the prominent present and promising future of mobile application market and development.

Following are the mobile application development trends that are going to rule in 2017.

1) REALITY IS NOTHING BUT THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

It has been noted that the investment in artificial intelligence will be more than 300% increased in 2017 as compared to previous year. It has also been expected that AI will provide business users access to powerful insights never before available them, Through the use of advanced analytics, cognitive interfaces into complex systems and machine learning techs. The technology anyway has widely accepted and implemented by giants like Google, IBM, eBay, and Facebook.

2) DENSE CLOUDS?!

Cloud computing finally has found its place with mobile applications as well considering the customers to tech professionals. Everyone heard about the technology and its collective impacts on lives. It is expected to fetch data directly from the cloud in future in order to use minimum possible space in the internal memory of smartphone.

3) ACCELERATED MOBILE PAGES

Google has recently announced that there will be a separate search index for mobile web and also it has been a year since Google has started the AMP project. This wise step changes the whole mobile app development trend on a very core level especially from SEO and web app aspects.

4) AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY

Both AR and VR have been very much present there in 2016 in various games and many other applications. If one is even a little into the applications, these both terms are very much familiar to them. Games like Pokemon Go, MyNav, Sky Siege and iOnRoad as games and many devices like Google cardboard and Samsung Gear VR are gaining humongous popularity amongst people.

5) M-COMMERCE

Wallets are the new credit and debit cards nowadays. Most of the customers have started using Google Wallet, Apple pay and many other payment options. This whole change is giving a huge push to m-commerce. Coupled with wearable devices, it is going to facilitate totally different shape in 2017.

6) IOT

Analysts have predicted that IoT will grow from $157.05 billion to 661.74 billion by 2021 at a computational growth rate of 33.3%. The rapid growth in IoT also puts a huge impact on mobile application trends as they are majorly controlled by smartphones.

Mobile technology is a kind in which one can not rely on any outdated tools and trends. In recent past, Apple launched new language called swift which has been widely accepted by the community. It has also taken iOS development (iPhone app development as well as iPad app development) to all new level. They keep rolling out new versions and are constantly making it better.

Google also launched tool named Android studio in order to provide better environment to developers for Android app development. Other technologies like windows app development, Phonegap app development are booming enormously in market too.

Keeping this aspect into account, the developer needs to enhance their skills if they have insight into the latest trends and want to excel in the field for longer. Following these trends would totally be beneficial for your business growth.

We, at Crest Infotech, have been developing mobile applications for our clients and they have experienced 300-900% more revenue generated than their website counterparts.

Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. It is world’s most advanced shopping technology so you never have to wait in line. Simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout. (No, seriously.)

The idea is that Amazon’s machine learning technology can automatically identify when a product is added to your cart hence you don’t have to do it yourself. When you leave the store, Amazon automatically charges your Amazon account.

AMAZON GO! HOW DOES IT WORK?

Amazon Go works by using computer vision and sensors to detect what items you are taking out of the store. You start by scanning an app as you enter the Amazon Go shop. You do your normal shopping, and the sensors throughout the store identify the items in your cart. When you walk out the door, Amazon automatically charges your account for the items. It will feel like shoplifting, except more cameras than you can imagine are actually watching you.

Furthermore, Checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Just walk out technology automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves. In addition, it will also keep track of them in a virtual cart. When you are done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, it will charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt.

WHAT CAN WE BUY AT AMAZON GO?

Amazon Go offers delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options made fresh every day by their on-site chefs, favorite local kitchens, and bakeries. Its selection of grocery essentials ranges from staples like bread and milk to artisan cheeses and locally made chocolates. You will find well-known brands we love. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits with all the ingredients you need. It will make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET STARTED?

All you need is an Amazon account, a supported Smartphone, and the free Amazon Go mobile app.

WHY DID THEY BUILD AMAZON GO?

People are moving towards eCommerce shopping solutions, Amazon started research for innovative mobile application for eCommerce. As per information, Amazon started Research and Development on Amazon Go. To find a solution, what if we could create a shopping experience with no lines and no checkout? Could we push the boundaries of computer vision and machine learning to create a store where customers could simply take what they want and go? The answer was Amazon Go!

WHEN CAN WE VISIT AMAZON GO?

Finally, Amazon Go is currently open to Amazon employees in their Beta program, and will open to the public in form of iPhone app and Android app in early 2017 as per information.

Many people are interested to know about AMP Vs Responsive Web Design. We will try to cover as much information as possible in this article. To make a successful business over the web, one needs a mobile friendly website. Today’s trends are mobile, 75% customers are making orders using mobile devices. To make this into consideration, a developer needs to deliver mobile-friendly websites. Responsive web design is one way to achieve it while AMP is other way to make fast loading web pages for Mobile devices.

WHAT IS RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN?

Responsive web design can be achieved using CSS3 media queries. Media queries allow web pages to use different CSS styles based on user’s browser width. So according to mobile device width, one can easily write logical CSS media queries to make them compatible with different mobile devices. Regarding AMP Vs Responsive Web Design, Responsive Web Design focused on flexibility.

Moreover, we can’t forget Google to get most of the business via search engine. Now a day, Google is the top most search engine. Google gives a lot of importance to page speed of website to improve the user experience. Majority of people are still using websites in mobile devices opposed to mobile applications. Obviously, there are specific audience who uses iOS apps and android apps for eCommerce portals and others.

Google introduce mobile friendly feature when they show the result for any search term. So whenever your website list in Google searches result, you can see a label of Mobile Friendly. 90% of websites are mobile friendly therefore Google come up with AMP concept to create mobile friendly pages which are light weighted and loads quickly in a mobile device.

WHAT IS AMP ?

AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages is an open source initiative by Google. It’s a web framework designed to create fast loading mobile friendly pages. Furthermore, It uses the wide range of optimized techniques to speed up the loading time of web page in a mobile device.

In addition, you do not need to design or develop your existing website again to implement AMP. You can easily implement AMP in your existing website without changing any design. That’s the beauty of AMP concept. Responsive Web Design while AMP focused on speed.

What AMP consists of

AMP have 2 primary objectives

WHY AMP IS FASTER

AMP is a subset of HTML and it has been criticized for the same. However, AMP is not a replacement of responsive web design. AMP is specifically designed to increase user experience by creating fast loading web pages for mobile devices.

AMP VS RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

AMP

Responsive Web Design

DOES MY WEBSITE NEEDS AMP?

It depends! First of all, if you are publishing content and targeting mobile users than the answer is YES. AMP will provide a better user experience and faster loading time for your web page compare to anyone else. However, AMP is not advised to those websites having web forms and JavaScript features. You can validate AMP compatible pages using https://validator.ampproject.org/

Crest Infotech is always focusing in delivering faster loading websites and increasing user experience. As a result, our clients will get more traffic, more leads, high conversion rate and more orders through mobile devices. Get in touch with us for either responsive web design or AMP implementation.