Millennials can be referred to as the folks who were born between the 1980s and 2001. These are the folks that had the luxury of having access to gadgets such as cell phones, personal computers, and video games in the course of their growth and maturity. There is also another category of millennials who are normally referred to as ‘generation Z’ and were born between 1991 and 2001. These folks grew up with smartphones, tablets, as well as the apps that make these gadgets exciting.
A survey carried out suggests that millennials in the United States spend almost 20 hours weekly accessing their smartphones, and funny enough, they are rarely used to make calls. This brings about the question of what makes these gadgets exciting? What makes them enticing to these millennials? Some of these apps mostly used by these millennials are as follows:
- The Amazon App
A survey has revealed that at least 35% of millennials find it difficult to cope without the Amazon app, therefore establishing this ‘Amazon wonder’ as the most used app by this generation, surprisingly beating competition from the likes of Facebook and Gmail.
Online shopping is convenient on many levels. This shouldn’t really be a surprise as transactions related to ordering items like food, gadgets and many other materials and be speedily completed at one’s convenience with just the click of a button.
- Social Apps
This category of apps has proved to be significantly vital for the millennials in recent times. Social media has brought about an evolution of our world. The likes of Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook have become exceedingly popular, almost making it important for us to upload our lives and share with the world.
Others like Whatsapp enable one to connect with people individually or in groups. These apps have made communication and the dissemination of information very much easier whilst enhancing the ease with which they can be done.
- Ask Google!
The usage of this one goes beyond millennials, although it’s one they cannot live without with regards to every aspect of their daily lives. Doing searches in libraries is fast becoming archaic as Google provides one with the optimal solution with speed. Just imagine life for the millennials without Google in recent times!
- Gaming like Crazy!
The world of gaming appears to be gaining more and more grounds in the lives of millennials as time goes by. No matter your orientation, the app store undoubtedly has a game already in existence that suits your craving, and even better.
One of such popular apps is the PlayStation official app which has garnered a staggering 81% of millennial users. The Xbox One SmartGlass follows closely. There are also a good number of mobile gambling apps which have caught their attention. They can afford to place bets on some sports betting apps when they feel mother luck will smile on them or even choose to play NetBet casino games for just the fun of it.
- Enhanced ease of dating.
It has been established by a new research that millennials spend a significant amount of their time ranging from ten hours a week and above in the process of surfing dating apps. Apps like Tinder are very popular amongst them as they swipe away with reckless abandon.
Although the emergence of dating apps was once frowned upon, they have become a social norm for people in search of love. Tinder has proved to be reliable in this regard, but there are other apps like Bumble and OKcupid.
