Mobile App Development Trends that will Prevail in 2017

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Technological advancements bring along drastic changes in the way how current technology will be used. It even decides whether current technology will trend or will become obsolete. Businesses who can easily and readily adapt to such changes flourish otherwise they fail to keep up with the competition. Let us put a glance on the trends expected to prevail in the coming year:

Accelerated Growth Of Enterprise Mobile Apps

For workplace optimization and enhancing employee satisfaction, more and more businesses have shown interest in adopting enterprise mobile apps in the year 2016. This trend is accelerating and now even small businesses along with large-scale businesses are keen to build enterprise mobility solutions for streamlining their business operations and better employee engagement. This trend will further increase in the coming year and still more companies will embrace enterprise mobility solutions.

Increase In Wearable's And Connected Devices

The next big thing in the technological realm is the Internet of Things – physical devices integrated with sensors or software for initiating connection with other items – has seen a considerable growth in this year. These devices have found adoption more commonly in the health and medical sector, but they will more frequently expand their boundaries to several other sectors in 2017 and you will witness more advanced gadgets.

Augmented And Virtual Reality Will Expand Boundaries

This year has witnessed AR and VR revolutionizing mobile apps of retail and gaming sector e.g. the game Pokémon Go has augmented the spirit of gaming enthusiasts. The good news is that this technology is not restricted to the gaming industry only but expanding its territories to other sectors and mobile application specialists are helping businesses to enhance customer experiences by integrating AR and VR features in apps and in the coming year we will see more of these in mobile apps for real-estate sector, distance learning programs among many others.

UX Will Remain In Focus

As customers are kings, businesses have always kept their focus on user experience (UX) and hence mobile application specialists have been exercising their brain cells to get creative with designs that would enhance user experience. This trend is believed to prevail always as customers will remain priority forever.

App Security Will Be Prioritized

In the recent past, there have been quite a few incidents of mobile applications getting affected by hackers and since then it has been a major concern for majority of businesses. This necessitates appropriate security measures for reliable operations of mobile applications. Therefore, in 2017 businesses will put sincere efforts in order to secure their mobile applications.

Trends prevail and fade but you have the ability to quickly adapt to new changes and capitalize on that change then you would end up as a winner. Consult mobile application development agencies for more on mobile app development trends for 2017.
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