How IoT & Mobile App Integration Facilitates Interactive Mobile Apps?

The Internet of Things has transformed the physical world. The remarkable technology has connected both the virtual and physical world in an unexpected way. IoT technology has become immensely popular among organizations around the world. According to a report published by Statista in 2020, the number of IoT devices installed across the globe is going to rise from 8.74 billion in 2020 to over 25.4 billion by 2030.

IoT is a network of physical devices and sensors that connects on the internet and gathers, evaluates, and transfers data. IoT integration facilitates operations and accelerates business growth. After integration with mobile apps the coveted technology has delivered optimum benefits to the companies. IoT integrated mobile apps have many benefits and that is why IoT based mobile applications have become a trend in the tech world. These apps enable real-time monitoring, track workflows, extract precise and accurate data that facilitate decision-making process, automate business activities, and above all saves time and money. 

Role of IoT In Mobile App Development

Increase In The Prevalence Of Enterprise IoT Apps

IoT devices collect important data from various sources that assist organizations to improve their profitability ratio. Below we have discussed the common use-cases of IoT-powered applications.

●    Introduction of wearables in the supply chain for tracking physical movement, productivity, employee health, and many more such aspects.

●    Office automation for monitoring and controlling the lighting and temperature.

●    Usage of internet-enabled vehicles that provide logistics-related data like fuel usage, delays, speed, etc.

The implementation of IoT in mobile applications makes it easy for businesses to gather crucial data that can assist them during marketing and promotional strategy. Moreover, with the help of the data collected, businesses can modify their products and services as per the requirement of the customers. Owing to these advantages, the demand for IoT integrated mobile apps is increasing universally.

Usage Of IoT Application Development Frameworks

While developing IoT integrated mobile applications, it is essential for companies to employ an IoT application development framework. These frameworks manage the important and difficult tasks with ease such as, coping with large amounts of data, resolving the complexities of system technologies, code writing for validating the app, dealing with software components and devices, designing an app architecture, and lastly deploying the app.

There are many IoT frameworks available in the market and each framework has its own advantage and is designed to fulfill the particular need of an IoT based mobile application. Hence, it is important for developers to choose a framework that suits their software needs as well as their cyber security objectives.

Personalization Of Mobile Apps

IoT networks can send information to mobile solutions in real-time. This user-centric information gathered via IoT devices facilitate the personalization of a user’s in-app experience. To cite an example, smart kitchen devices like the smart meat thermometer displayed below can deliver individualized data to dieting or cooking apps.

Thus, the dynamic flow of personalized data to the smartphones of customers is making IoT apps a part and parcel of the daily lives of users.

But IoT mobile developers must make sure that the mobile apps architected are capable of analyzing the user data and making changes in the functionality accordingly. As such, the degree of personalization of an app is directly proportional to the amount of data gathered.

Prioritizing Security In IoT Mobile Apps

Security has always been a matter of concern for companies since they are now able to collect confidential data of their users via IoT technology. Once an IoT device is connected with the internet it becomes a soft target of hackers and other kinds of security breaches. Moreover, their pairing with mobile devices increases this risk further.

IoT devices of organizations gather confidential information of employees such as employee particulars, transaction history, and other crucial and sensitive data. Besides, it is not easy to install security measures in mobile devices. Hence, it becomes essential for companies to develop an app that ensures security of its users.

Risk Of Losing Accessibility In IoT Powered Apps

IoT integrated apps must be programmed with care, or else the complexity of integrating IoT features could impact the application’s functionality.

IoT mobile application developers will need to pay thorough attention to the security of the connected devices and their ability to connect with a greater number of IoT devices in the coming years. So, while integrating additional devices, the developers should prioritize the interface and user experience of the IoT solution. This is because the less “new learning” a user needs to go through post downloading an IoT empowered app, the more engaged they will be. Needless to say, user experience matters the most to the IoT app solution providers.

Final Thoughts

Using IoT technology in the mobile application development process benefits organizations to a great extent. IoT empowered apps give a competitive edge to your business. If you are planning to empower your mobile apps using IoT then give us a call today. We have a team of experts at SynapseIndia who excelled in developing interactive mobile apps using IoT technology.