Smartphone Personalization Services Are Reducing The Need To Search On Mobile
BIIHome screen personalization company Everything.me claims that mobile search is on its way out. The Tel Aviv-based startup says that on average, Android users only search through a mobile Web browser 1.25 times per day.
Why is that figure is so low? The rise of personalization on mobile. Instead of opening a browser to search for something, new technologies are powering smartphones so that they can prominently display all of the info you need, based on your mobile behavior.
In a new report from BI Intelligence, we look at the rise of personalization services on mobile. Thanks to user data and algorithms, it has become possible to anticipate individual user needs and tailor mobile ads and app content accordingly. Additionally, services that help users personalize their devices and make it easier to automate tasks across apps are adding a new layer of functionality to mobile gadgets. These technologies also create a massive marketing opportunity.
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Here are some key types of personalization technology:
- App launchers and lock-screen/home-screen customizers - software that showcases the apps that are most relevant to the user given a specific time, location, or other context. These help users wade through the mind-boggling variety of apps and features available.
- Digital concierges - Algorithm-driven technology that studies user behavior and preferences to deliver an ongoing feed of personalized information, content, and task management.
- Algorithms in general - This term doesn't require much elaboration, Facebook's News Feed is the best-known example, but an increasingly wide subset of apps, advertising platforms, and services are investing in algorithms that help them deliver personalized information, recommendations, features, and advertisements.
- Voice-activated assistants - Technology that uses vocal recognition capabilities to perform specific, one-time tasks as instructed by the user's voice.
- Task automation tools - software that connects applications so that when a user completes one task within a specific app, another task is triggered and completed automatically in a separate app.
These tools, and the data they collect, allow for the kind of individualized hyper-targeting that is marketers' Holy Grail. Marketers need to better understand how end users are implementing personalization, and how to be engaging without being intrusive. They can run their own algorithms based on similar data to create ads with messages tailored to each individual user and their context.
In full, the report:
- Navigates several new personalization technologies and services available to mobile consumers.
- Addresses key reasons why consumers are taking to this technology, namely the opportunity they offer to streamline the smartphone experience.
- Quantifies the addressable markets for leading personalization products like Google Now, Apple's Siri, If This Then That (IFTTT), Aviate, and Cover.
- Discusses how marketers can effectively use the data and services offered through personalization services to serve the absolute most relevant content to users.
- Identifies specific mobile ad formats that can successfully integrate into personalization technology and services.
