Malaysia is adopting Digitalization at one of the fastest rates. The country has a population of 33 Million, and 29.55 million are internet users. In such a country where nearly 90% of people are connected to the internet, it increases the curiosity to explore Malaysia's digitalization state. Further, with the increasing penetration of mobile apps, choosing Android app development over iOS app development becomes prominent confusion for entrepreneurs. Hence, in this article, we will talk about the state of connectivity, digital trends, and why Android app development is a better choice in Malaysia.
When we talk about the internet, social media are one of the major parameters to measure the internet users in a particular region. Hence, talking about internet users and social media users, we found out the following:
Looking at the internet usage stats, it is evident that the state of Digitalization is nearly 90% in Malaysia. Further, millions of users are using social media apps, quoting the high demand for mobile app development companies that maintain social media mobile apps and websites.
The investments in Digital transformation in Malaysia have outperformed industry peers. Shoppers are using E-commerce apps for shopping. E-Conomy SEA 2021 has noted that "Southeast Asia is the road towards a $1 trillion gross merchandise value economy by 2030.” Further, machine-leading algorithms have been accelerating the growth of the Malaysian economy. Businesses are integrating artificial intelligence to understand their customers better. Not only the retailers but 67% of shoppers also have that their preferences should be remembered by retailers.
In order to boost technology and innovation, the government of Malaysia is ready to bring C4IR. The main motive will be to excel in the Science, Technology, and innovation domain.
According to one of the reports from Hootsuite, video is one of the most popular contents among Malaysian internet users.
podcasts registered 34.5% of the people.
Hence with the above-noticed statistics, Malaysia is experiencing rapid growth in the:
All the above digital trends also show us that mobile app development companies are in high demand. Why? It is because most of the stats refer to the domain of mobile apps. And when the demand for mobile apps plays an important role, the market for mobile app development increases significantly.
Further, if we want to understand the demand for the mobile app development domain in Malaysia, we must find the percentage of users for Android and iOS.
According to Statista, the battle between Android and iOS seems to be won by Android.
The share of Android was 78%, and iOS was 21.2% in 2019. Now, the share of Android is 74%, and iOS stands at 24%.
We can analyze that Android app development can be the most preferred app development operating system in Malaysia. Whereas iOS app development is catching up slowly, and we can expect that in the coming 10 years, the share of Android and iOS will reach 50-50%.
Further, we can also analyze that Swift app development as a technology must be in lesser demand as compared to Flutter app development technology. It is simply because of the Android and iOS operating system market share in Malaysia.
The state of Digitalization is rapidly growing in Malaysia. With 90% of the population connected to the internet, we saw that the demand for mobile apps is significantly growing. Further, artificial intelligence, E-commerce, Social media apps, and video content were the major digital trends in Malaysia. Android app development companies have a brighter future than iOS app development companies in Malaysia in the coming 5 years.