Top 3 Mobile App Development Trends for 2022

In today's digital era, smartphones have fundamentally transformed marketplaces, business models, and their operating models. The digitisation of almost everything has strengthened the mobile app development industry which has already started evolving at a great pace in the last few years. However, by the end of 2022, it is expected that the mobile app market revenue will reach around $693 billion. And to stay ahead in this competition, every business be it a startup or an enterprise and be it any industry should stay on track and leverage the latest app development trends like 5G, IoT, Wearables, Foldable devices, Super apps, and AR and VR, just to name a few that are dominating the market now. 

Today, it seems that there's an app or more for almost everything you need to live, be it shopping for anything, booking tickets, ordering food, planning trips, playing games, socialising, reading news, entertainment, and whatnot. There are over 6 million apps now catering to the different needs of people. And mobile users spend more than 80% of their mobile time using an app. And not only the number of apps is increasing on the App Stores but the usage of applications is also increasing due to the ease and convenience of using mobile apps in today's busy life. 

However, with this, it has become more challenging to create a competitive mobile application. Moreover, technology is also getting advanced and adapting this is important to stand out and thrive in this competitive environment. And the first thing you can do for this stays updated and use the latest mobile application development trends, some of the most ruling ones are discussed here in this article. 

Top 3 mobile app development trends you need to watch out for in 2022. 

Apps for foldable devices:

By now you must have come to know that the market has already got flooded with plenty of foldable mobile devices, the Samsung foldable smartphone being one of them. And these devices are already loved and used by many now with the count expected to increase with the availability of more such trending foldable mobile gadgets. As per Statista, the worldwide foldable smartphone shipment is expected to reach around 50 million units by the end of this year. 

And there are many reasons for that like the improved interface or the expansion and usability of the interface as well as the opportunity to use the device both as a phone as well as a mini tablet with the ability to fold and unfold the device as per the requirement. And as research, users are loving this. And this is a fairly significant reason to adopt this particular trend while building a mobile application. 

The rise of the 5G network:

5G network was already on the list of the top application development trends last year and is still on the host list of the latest trends this year. There is a significant rise seen in the incorporation of the 5G network worldwide. With features like the lightning-fast speed of up to 320 terabytes per second, high connection density, wider bandwidth, and near-zero latency, 5G is what can make mobile apps more efficient and faster. Also, the 5G connections are expected to grow to nearly 40% of all connections worldwide by the end of 2025. Also, it is expected that over 47% of smartphones will support 5G connections. And this makes it important to maintain the 5G standards and incorporate this technology in your mobile app now. 

Super Apps:

Super Apps are similar to an ecosystem in which different activities like shopping, work, social interactions, leisure, etc., may all happen at the same time. And one of the examples of super apps that was already introduced a few years back was the WeChat messaging app that works more or less like a platform on which mobile users can not only do text messaging but can also access a wide range of other things like group messaging, voice messaging, play games, make payments, and do more. 

Social media applications have also started to adopt this trend to some extent now and are transforming into platforms that people can use for multiple activities without the need to switch to other apps for doing some other activity. Facebook has included shopping features and Instagram is no more a platform just for sharing photos are two examples now. 

The one-app one-purpose concept is changing now. As convenience is what users seek ultimately, super apps are definitely one of the latest mobile application development trends for 2022. 

Until and unless you are up-to-date with the latest trends apart from the ones listed above in this article, you cannot come up with an outstanding and trending product and thrive in this competitive mobile app market. The mobile app industry is continuously expanding and the market is constantly bringing more technological innovations. And this makes it essential to follow these trends. 

Rob Stephen is a well-versed mobile app developer associated with one of the leading mobile app development companies in Australia, GetAProgrammer. The author has shared this article to unbox the top 3 mobile application development trends you need to watch out for in 2022 to give a competitive edge to your application.