{"id":17838,"date":"2020-03-28T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/this-week-in-apps-apple-launches-a-covid-19-app-the-outbreaks-impact-on-social-and-video-apps-and-more.html"},"modified":"2020-03-28T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T18:20:37","slug":"this-week-in-apps-apple-launches-a-covid-19-app-the-outbreaks-impact-on-social-and-video-apps-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/this-week-in-apps-apple-launches-a-covid-19-app-the-outbreaks-impact-on-social-and-video-apps-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Apps: Apple launches a COVID-19 app, the outbreak\u2019s impact on social and video apps and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to This<\/span> Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.<\/p>\n

The app industry saw a record 204 billion downloads<\/a> and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019, according to App Annie\u2019s \u201cState of Mobile\u201d annual report. People are now spending 3 hours and 40 minutes per day using apps, rivaling TV. Apps aren\u2019t just a way to pass idle hours \u2014 they\u2019re a big business. In 2019, mobile-first companies had a combined $544 billion valuation, 6.5x higher than those without a mobile focus.<\/p>\n

In this Extra Crunch series, we help you keep up with the latest news from the world of apps, delivered on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n

This week, we\u2019re continuing our special coverage of how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting apps and the wider mobile app industry as more COVID-19 apps appear \u2014 including one from Apple built in partnership with the CDC, among others. We also take a look at the gains made by social and video apps in recent weeks as people struggle to stay connected while stuck at home in quarantine. In other headlines, we dig into Instagram\u2019s co-watching feature, the Google for Games conference news, Apple\u2019s latest releases and updates, Epic Games expansion into publishing and more.<\/p>\n

Coronavirus Special Coverage<\/span><\/h2>\n

Social video apps are exploding due to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/h2>\n

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