This article tries to explain the advanced real-time features that app owners should be considering today to make their apps more lively and engaging.

Apps that give more chances to users to interact real-time are more successful than those which do not. Technology has been evolving fast and apps are no exception to that. Over the years, apps developers around the world are toiling hard to bring in improvements and features that can help an app work like a pro agent for any service or consumer products. Real-time features, that allows users to interact and utilise any service via the app in their actual time is one such great improvement the world witnessed. Most companies owning a mobile app are deploying them with instant features that will facilitate real-time engagement between the app and the users.

However, anyone, thinking to have some real-time features in their app needs to know first what they are actually.

Actual on-time feed

Mostly needed in mass-related or media apps, this feature will allow the users to be updated with real-time information, wherever they are. This must be added with the scheme of multi-user collaboration, which will allow everyone to add, edit, delete or update data simultaneously. With everyone able to put up information from their own end in the feed, the app gets a huge feed of all real-time data and information.

Push notifications

This too comes as a very crucial real-time feature for every modernised app which lets the users to be informed about the new things in the app. For instance, a new feature addition, any discount, promo offers, etc. Businesses can utilise push notifications for enhancing their retention.

Live Chat

Instant messaging or live chat feature is another affluent feature to integrate into your app which can help users engage with type texts, voice calls, video calls, and even group chats. They can even send away files, audios or videos. Real-time chatting enhances the collaboration of the users with the app and helps them better in availing the on-demand services.

Live streaming

This has become another much-needed feature for any advanced app in areas like travel, real estate, shopping and entertainment. Videos simply allow users to receive data with deeper interactions.

Order or Process Tracking

Live order status is another essential real-time feature highly relevant for on-demand service or product delivery apps. While business owners send their executives to deliver their product, the users can track the shipping and delivery information. The GPS feature of the phone needs to be integrated with the app’s interface to make tracking experience possible.  

No doubt, real-time features are taking app experiences to a whole new level. Thus, any app that fails to integrate any one of these is sure to lag behind when the expectations of people are growing too much.

Johan Smith is an expert app developer at GetAProgrammer, a renowned Android and iPhone app development company in Australia, that is helping businesses for years to signify their digital presence with exemplary mobile apps.