BENGALURU: Social media is the most trending platform of the current generation for being gregarious. Over the years, it has been growing seamlessly and overlapping all the expectations. Thus it is now a multi-functioning platform and is growing as a one-stop for all the social needs. As we have begun 2015 with a positive note, in terms of technology, here goes the list of likely social media changes of 2016, as reported by Observer.   

Virtual Reality:

Virtual reality has become much more popular compared to previous years. Now, smart phones are coming out with respective technologies and devices to support them. Similarly, according to the plans of Facebook, it will introduce virtual reality for its users in the near future. Movie watching app is also expected to hit the Smartphone market in 2016.

Social Shopping: 

Recently, Flipkart introduced a ping option in its application, which allows its user to chat while shopping. In the same note, in 2106, the social shopping is expected to grow much bigger. Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are likely to release - updates that connect users to online shopping sites.

Live streaming:

Live streaming is said to be the next big thing of the social media. Twitter owned Periscope has already gained popularity and - Facebook is also expected to roll out similar feature in 2016.

Social media work place:

Today social media plays a crucial role in connecting people with similar profession. May it be “linkedin” or the “Facebook at work” these apps have become immensely popular. Promoting a business and – connecting vendors and customers -are also possible -here, thus in 2016, social media at work place is anticipated to grow more than expectations.

Customers support:

Gradually, social media sites are turning into a platform of customer service for many big companies. Online ordering is also likely to happen via social media. The recent survey shows that customers, receiving support from social media pages are gradually inclining year by year and 2016 would be yet another positive year for the social media.   

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