If there is a world that has entered very strongly in that of our little ones, it is the digital world, so much is its influence that we are not likely to recognize the world in which our grandchildren live and like our parents today we feel completely lost with all those "pots" that children handle.
To avoid that feeling, it is best to stay up to date, as far as possible, because of course taking it all day with our own schedules would be a matter of three or four lives. Today we tell you the trends for mobile applications that we will see in this year 2015.
A new way of telling the story
Until now, the applications based on reading books were basically electronic books embedded in a mobile phone, now all that is going to be enriched by all that capacity that the audiovisual resources that mobile phones give, making the stories fill with more magic, if possible .
Children: some more storytellers
So far we find stories of fixed threads, in which the reader had very little capacity to enter the story and modify it. If we ask a child when he reads a story or we tell him why it is what he would do in that situation, we will surely hear a magnificent story that completely changes what we have read so far. All this had been ignored by application developers, until now. In 2015 we will see applications that allow children to create their own adventures within the same story, they will be the ones who will become the narrators of those adventures that until now only existed in their imagination.
Responsible use of apps with integrated purchases
We will see more and more parts of the applications or applications with free trial versions so that parents can see if it is worth buying or if we have to pay to access certain parts of the game.
In this topic I would review the screens that allow you to make purchases, because they are very simple to use by children and surely more than one has received a charge to the card of something that our two-year-old son bought without knowing.
Applications that will teach to program
The programming language will be a basic element in the future of our children. Let's not forget that it is the form of communication we have with the machines. That is why we are increasingly going to see applications that will teach through the game, the most basic rudiments of programming.
The rise of robots and 3D printing
Although robots have always been present in our world, they were very basic elements whose actions were little more than just walking, playing recordings and running.
Today we can not say that complex robots are part of the lives of our children but there are already a few companies that are investing a lot of money in the development of this type of interactive toys, able to learn and surprise us.
On the other hand the recent 3D printing technology is still in its early days and we can already see a very interesting future in the existence of one of these in each home.
Parents: one more piece in this whole process
More and more children use mobile applications alone, but this does not mean that we leave them to their free will or that we have to be with them all the time to see what they do. The trend and you develop applications with parental control in the shade, that is, we will know what our child is doing or what he has done in those applications, with whom he has spoken, with whom he is playing or what he is requesting . All this can be controlled, allowing or denying access to certain functionalities.
Parental filters for YouTube through apps
Another basic in our phones and tablets, the site with the largest number of children's videos on the network, but in turn one of the most dangerous sites in relation to inappropriate content for children. I think that none of us would like to arrive and see how our son is watching a video of how to mount a homemade bomb.
To avoid that, applications are already being developed that delimit the contents that our child can see, avoiding unnecessary scares.
New features for Minecraft
If Minecraft sounds like Chinese, you are likely to come from another planet. It has been the children's game most used by our children last year and everything indicates that it will continue to be the star game this year.
Microsoft has recently acquired the company that created the game, which opens up a world of possibilities for new uses linked to education or the future of the game.
Music will give much to hear
Music is a basic element for the development of our children and in this year we will see numerous applications linked to musical composition emerge. They will never be a substitute for a real instrument but they will be a great support for our children.
More apps for Android
To date, Android application development is behind Android development despite the fact that many more devices with Android installed than with Apple have been sold for years. This year, a rebound in these developments is expected so that the two platforms are placed at par.
