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Imagine this – you just get hired for a new role and you can’t wait to get started. First things first, you need to get your laptop set up. Security is key, so you’ll want to download an app to take necessary security training. Then, you’ll need to download an app to get your insurance information to enroll in your company’s new benefits. Then, you’ll want to download another app to track your 401k. Now, it’s time to clock in for the day – which, you guessed it, happens via another app! And if you want to chat with coworkers? That’s right – tack on another app to do that.
You’ve been in this new role for all of 20 minutes and somehow already have 5+ new apps on your phone (and don’t worry, there are more apps to be downloaded throughout the onboarding process). This can quickly get overwhelming and cumbersome as you’re forced to toggle between multiple applications, create separate login credentials, and juggle multiple profiles.
Now, imagine you’re starting a new role and you’re asked to download a single app. Within that app, you can access key security training, view and edit all of your benefits, chat with coworkers, track your hours, and more. Best of all, only one login is needed.
Sound too good to be true? Thanks to superapps, a streamlined workforce experience is within reach.
Superapps are applications that provide end users, such as employees, partners, or customers, with access to independently created mini apps from one interface. This means that users don’t need to hop between digital experiences to get things done. The core application contains essential functionality, such as authentication and banking information, while the mini apps can add on additional features as needed.
With unused apps taking up valuable storage space on devices, users are looking to consolidate and streamline digital experiences. Even more frustrating is that many of these apps only perform a single function for the user, forcing them to switch between many apps to accomplish a given task. Gartner expects that by 2027, more than 50% of the global population will be daily active users of multiple superapps.
According to CITE Research, 69% of workers waste up to 60 minutes per day just navigating between apps. That’s up to 32 days per year of lost productivity and time wasted. With poorly integrated experiences costing businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, the need for workplace superapps has never been more apparent.
Workplace superapps replace the neverending internal resource pages, wikis, and web links. Rather than employees having to jump between applications (each time having to log in, authenticate, etc), they’re able to do everything from onboarding paperwork to logging hours to choosing insurance plans all in one place.
This also benefits employees working in administrative roles, as they’re able to more easily manage payroll, benefits, onboarding, and more from a single place, rather than relying on various vendor-created applications.
Major corporations such as Walmart are already creating superapps for their workforce. Rather than forcing employees to use vendor-supplied applications, which are often complex to manage on the employer side as well, Walmart is choosing to create a unified superapp experience for employees and managers alike.
An Ionic Superapp SDK customer, a health and beauty retailer, is also developing a workplace superapp to streamline the in-store employee experience. The app would allow employees to run an in-store point of sale system, check and update their work schedules, and clock in and out for their shifts all in one place. Rather than requiring in-store employees to use 3+ different applications to achieve the same end, the firm is creating a simplified digital experience that saves employees time and effort each shift.
If you’re considering creating a superapp but aren’t sure where
to start, we’ve got you covered. We’re so passionate about building
superapps using a micro frontend architecture that we wrote
an entire ebook on them! This ebook can help you
decide if micro frontend architecture makes sense for your project,
team, and company. If it does, the ebook walks through various
options and considerations for getting started.
We also have dedicated specialists who are eager to help you
harness the power of superapps – get in touch
today!
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Google Play recently announced a new rule requiring new personal Play Console accounts to test apps with more than 20 people for at least two weeks before applying for production access. This is a significant shift from the earlier policy that allowed immediate publishing of new apps.
The primary reason behind this change is to combat fraud and abusive practices and to ensure the delivery of higher-quality apps to users. Fortunately, this rule applies only to personal accounts, which include hobbyists, students, and semi-pro developers. It doesn’t affect organization or business accounts. This distinction aims to protect the store from low-quality submissions by less established or casual developers while not hindering businesses in their development processes.
Google’s announcement also mentions the global review team’s increased investment in app review. They’ll spend more time assessing new apps to ensure they provide “a valuable user experience that does not deceive or defraud users.” This is a good thing, but they hint at potentially slower app review times as a result. This is cause for concern as one of the advantages of Google Play over the Apple App Store has been the speed and ease of shipping new and updated Android apps.
Given these recent Google Play announcements, what steps can you take to minimize the slowdown of your app launch?
Plan app launches carefully. Give yourself enough time to test the app, fix bugs, and prepare for launch. That means a minimum of two weeks. As iOS developers will tell you, don’t forget to leave time to remediate any app rejections.
Leverage Appflow Live Updates. Appflow, Ionic’s mobile CI/CD platform, offers a way to combat slow app store review times with its Live Updates feature. Note that this technique must be used after the first native binary release (aka acceptance into production) but comes in handy when shipping subsequent releases quickly. Get started on the generous free plan here.
Google’s rationale behind these changes is sound. It encourages developers to thoroughly test their apps with real users, which should improve the overall quality of apps in the Google Play store. However, we recognize this is a frustrating change for indie devs since finding enough users to test your apps may be challenging. Enter the Ionic Community!
Join the Ionic Discord, head over to #app-testers, and share your apps that are ready to be tested. If Ionic developers know one thing well, it’s mobile apps. Let’s help each other create awesome apps!
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Imagine you’re an IT leader and one of your sales directors just hired a team of 20 new salespeople to join your organization – woohoo!
First things first, you’ll need to make sure they all download the appropriate security apps on their phones to ensure they’re not risking compromising sensitive info. Next, they need to download an app for their benefits, as well as an app for their retirement savings. Then, they’ll need an app for training, an app for chatting with coworkers, an app for schedule management, and so on.
Uh oh – 4 people didn’t download the security app, so now you need to track them down. Oh no, 5 other people didn’t download the right insurance app, and you’ve got 8 emails in your inbox with people asking questions about the email app – yikes. All of these apps can quickly turn into a major headache for employers, especially as the company grows.
Now, imagine that as you hire new employees, there is a single source of truth for all things onboarding. One place for setting up, training, and managing employees.
Think it sounds too good to be true? Thanks to superapps, a streamlined experience is possible.
Superapps are applications that provide end users, such as employees, partners, or customers, with access to independently created mini apps from one central user interface. In short, a superapp is a collection of mini apps all in one place.
This means that users don’t need to toggle between digital experiences to achieve various business functions. The core application contains essential functionality, such as authentication info and payment details, while the mini apps can add on additional features as needed.
In a previous piece, we examined how superapps can improve the employee experience. Superapps can save employees countless hours wasted switching between applications to get things done. That benefit directly translates to employers as well – all that time saved is time put toward growing the business, rather than switching apps. It’s estimated that businesses hemorrhage up to $375,000+ annually through poor application integration, so streamlining doesn’t just benefit employees.
In addition to the massive cost savings, there’s a time savings factor as well. As a manager, you may need to go to 5+ apps to do everything from approving timesheets to clocking time off to completing payroll. With superapps, all of these functions could be combined into a single platform, enabling you to focus your time and energy in one place. That time saved can go toward business critical tasks rather than just waiting for pages to load.
Superapps are also a great option for businesses looking to scale and grow. As the company grows, so can the app. Through the addition of mini apps, the functionality of the superapp can be extended as needed. Whether you want to add payment processing or add a chat app, all of that can live within a single digital experience. Development of these mini apps can happen in parallel asynchronously, so teams that are distributed can work together without interfering with each other. One Ionic customer in the health and beauty space is doing just that.
“With a superapp approach we can develop micro applications in parallel by different teams and build them seamlessly together. And have a continuous deployment mode where we just keep releasing new features. Low implication on existing features because we have multiple locations. For example, we have a team in China, developing one mini app and in the Netherlands and in Hong Kong.” – Heath and Beauty Retailer, Ionic Superapp SDK customer
A leading portable storage solutions company has also discovered the power of superapps for their workforce. Drivers, field service technicians, and partners all had various applications that they needed to use, which the company ultimately needed to manage. The process was clunky, so they sought to unify those digital experiences into one. The company was able to consolidate eight different applications into a single one, which also let them scale and add new applications as new personas were created. The new application features role-based access, so each user only sees mini apps relevant to their specific job function. As new personas are added or removed, the digital experience can easily be tailored to fit their needs.
If you think superapps may be right for your business, we’re
here to help. A micro frontend architecture is one of the most
straightforward ways to build a superapp, and we wrote an entire ebook on it! This ebook can help you
decide if micro frontend architecture makes sense for your project,
team, and company. If it does, the ebook also covers various
options and considerations for getting started.
We also have dedicated specialists who are eager to help you
harness the power of superapps – get in
touch today!
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