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UX Trends For The Development Of Mobile Applications

<p>Mobile app user experience &lpar;UX&rpar; is becoming better&period; Mobile app development companies know the value of UX to the success of an app&period; When developing an app&comma; you should consider other developers’ inclination at that time&period; You have to include the functionalities that the users want in the app&period; Here are some of the UX trends in 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong> Conversational design<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>A strong trend in the development of mobile applications in 2018 is everything related to the conversations between the user and the app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most users only use about four applications a day&comma; and at least one of them is a messaging application&period; This means that the apps for communication are the most successful and that is why chatbots and voice assistants are now so fashionable&period; Without a doubt&comma; they are one of the trends in 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chatbots in the messaging app<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The chatbot is not a replacement to an e-commerce or virtual assistant&period; However&comma; if well integrated into the messaging app&comma; they can be tremendously useful&period; Thanks to its functionalities&comma; companies will have automated conversations in real time with their clients&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"2">&NewLine;<li><strong> Use of video<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>In 2017&comma; the use of video experienced its turning point with an increase in its use in apps and on websites&period; 55&percnt; of people watch videos online every day&comma; and 78&percnt; see them every week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vertical video<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another piece of information that you should take into account when developing mobile applications regarding videos is the orientation&period; 94&percnt; of users see the videos vertically and not full-screen&comma; and you have to adapt to this size&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adapt video for a brief attention time<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The time of attention of people was 8 seconds in 2017 &&num;8211&semi; a decrease from 12 seconds in 2000&period; This is because new forms of content delivery now exist&period; Today&comma; there are new formats of videos designed to capture your attention in the shortest possible time&colon; Facebook Live and 360-degree videos&comma; etc&period; Businesses now use this format to deliver timely and essential information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"3">&NewLine;<li><strong> Vivid colors<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Color is the most significant visual force that allows smartphones to display images and videos in high resolution&period; Screens like OLEDs make the color game transmit a whole user experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Color is one of the most potent tools in the toolkit in the development of mobile applications&period; Color can draw attention&comma; establish a mood&comma; and influence the emotions and actions of users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"4">&NewLine;<li><strong> The Experiences in full screen<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>The arrival of devices such as Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone X and other popular models such as the Huawei or Xaomi full screen has generated a change in the design of an app and a clear trend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; there are more screens available for users&comma; and they expect to have full-screen experiences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Images and HD videos<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An app should not only provide a full-screen experience&period; The devices of today offer the possibility of enjoying the images in HD&period; In the development of mobile applications&comma; this also counts&period; Images should never appear pixelated on a mobile screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"5">&NewLine;<li><strong> Experience focused on content<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>With the use and development of mobile applications in 2018&comma; contents have become more important than ever&period; You have to provide quality content for the users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three ways to display content on a mobile app&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Decluttering<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is nothing less than eliminating the visual disorder and improving the understanding of the tasks at hand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>App development companies tend to eliminate irrelevant information &lpar;noise&rpar; and prioritize relevant information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eliminating all visual clutter no doubt helps the mobile business application to focus on the most important thing that it is trying to communicate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Visual hierarchy<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is essential to know how to present the user interface appropriately so that the users can understand easily&period; The buttons should have different colors to get the user&&num;8217&semi;s attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"6">&NewLine;<li><strong> Use of Gestures in the app &plus; animation<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>The launch of iPhone X has been a new challenge concerning the use of gestures for the development of mobile applications&period; Now&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re going to have to get used to mobile devices without buttons&period; Whether in Apple or any other model&comma; the trend points to devices without buttons which takes the use of gestures to the next level in the development of mobile applications&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the same way&comma; you will get used to seeing animations&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In offering a better experience in the interaction of the app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To show the possible interactions in the app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"7">&NewLine;<li><strong> Simplification of the User Journey<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>The User Journey is the experience of the user using the company&&num;8217&semi;s mobile application&period; It means every interaction made by users with the app&period; In general&comma; the fewer effort users spend in achieving a goal&comma; the better the experience will be&period; Users do not like to give more than three touches to reach their goal when using an app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Progressive disclosure<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When a business app has a lot of information or actions&comma; it is not necessary to disclose everything at once&period; In the development of mobile applications&comma; this technique is essential&comma; which allows the information to be progressively displayed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Designers will use this technique to make the information or action visible only when users need it to improve understanding of the interface&period; App builders also employ this technique when necessary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Linear user flow<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Linear design experience is the user experience that you have from the beginning until you reach the end of the action while using the app&period; This is the specific UX that allows users to complete an action with each step&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is good because it allows each user to estimate how much time is required to complete a task when using the app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are others UX trends that you might want to consider when developing your mobile app&period; You should discuss with the mobile app development companies and inform them about the features that you want on your app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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