The 5G Effect: Accelerating Artificial Intelligence and AR/VR in Mobile Applications

5G has already arrived, making the 4G(VoLTE) network ‘the new 2G’ – the fundamental network to avail the essential services like voice calls and data, just like 2G did for the 3G network. Switching to 4G brought a lot of changes to people’s lives and the biggest change among them was the increase in the popularity of SmartPhones, which is currently used by more than 3 million worldwide users. 4G, a stupendous jump in the network potentialities, revolutionized the use of smartphones, powering, and promoting video streaming, photo sharing, online shopping, social networking, remote working, etc., expected to be taken forward by 5G.

By 2025, 5G is expected to account for 15% of the mobile industry globally, i.e. approximately 1.4 billion 5G connections, and will continue to add $2.2 trillion to the global economy in the coming 15 years. – BusinessWire

The 5G network, with its lightning-fast speed, congestion-free network, and better connectivity, has not only created an exhilaration among the users but also in the developers, as well as the companies, who have already started gearing up themselves for the change. Before we hop into the impacts of the new generation network on mobile application development, let’s understand what 5G is all about.

What Is 5G?

5G, the Fifth Generation of digital cellular network, is the successor of the 4G network which is coming with a lot of improvements as well as functionalities and setting up a new milestone for the developers.

The idea of 5G is to enhance the user experience through upgraded performance as well as open doors for new technological advancements such as the Internet of Things(IoT), Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and much more. The top highlights of 5G are as follows –

Network Speed (up to 10 Gbit/s)
Higher frequency radio waves
Increased bandwidth
Lower latency(less than 1ms)
Connection density(1 Million connections per square Km)

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Impact of 5G on Android and IoS Applications

It is exceptionally evident to say that along with the users, 5G will bring new challenges and opportunities for the application developers as well, requiring them to explore and build advanced platforms as well as applications that are compatible with the network and the 5G enabled devices.

The biggest advantage of the 5G network for developers is the creative liberty that it gives to developers and designers, to create an intuitive application without agonizing over the size and loading speed of the pages. They can add as many features as they want, eventually leading to better user experience as well as retention. This is just the tip of the iceberg, let’s dive deeper to check out the detailed impacts and advantages of 5G on Android and IoS Application.

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