Singapore is a world leader in ease of doing business; of late it is transitioning to become the world leader in technology as well. The island city-state has elaborate plans to adopt technologies which will propel it towards a smart city. Here is the list of 4 technology trends which Singapore will have to adopt to become a truly “Smart Nation”.

Virtual Assistants:

Voice-activated virtual assistants are finding a plethora of applications in the business world. The tech world is learning fast and moving even faster with Siri, Alexa and Echo astonishing technology enthusiast with their artificial intelligence. The advanced virtual assistants can stream music, read headlines, monitor traffic, set alarms and control smart homes. As Amazon.com has opened up Alexa for third-party developers, there are plenty of innovative solutions anticipated in 2017. Virtual assistants will form the backbone of the smart city project in Singapore.

Connected living:

The mobile applications will rule the smart houses of Singapore as they will control any and everything in the house. A Wi-Fi enabled smart house will be equipped with security cameras, speakers, lights & water taps which will be controlled through the smartphones. Everything in the house will be connected with everything else through a high-speed network. The connected living will make lives easier and better. Singapore already has a high-speed internet network spread across the length and breadth of the city.

Cognitive computing:

There is a paradigm shift in the technology world as now the emphasis is on machine learning. The machines of tomorrow will be able to think, learn, understand and reason like a human. The cognitive mobile and web apps will be able to assist humans in different possible ways. The cognitive computing based applications can act as personal instructors helping human beings to learn new skills such as gardening and solve complex like urban planning. For Singapore’s “Smart nation” project cognitive computing will help in integrating human and machine intelligence.

Mesh App and service architecture:

In this digital era, there is an app for anything and everything. Whether we are using smartphones, wearable’s, desktops or any other smart devices, we are using different apps to perform different functions. All these apps are linked to a broad mesh of back-end services called the mesh app and service architecture (MASA). The MASA can be scaled by linking up numerous endpoints while delivering consistent user experience.

One of the common denominators in these technology trends is mobile applications. The mobile applications supporting advanced technologies such as IoT, Bots, cognitive computing & much more, will aid in implementing the technologies needed for Smart Singapore. Mobiloitte is one such mobile app development company based in Singapore which provides native and cross platform developers to develop advanced apps. Looking to hire Ionic developers for cross-platform development then Mobiloitte can be your trusted app development partner.