As the end of the year approaches, you may find yourself trying to finish up your annual to-do lists and getting ready to start the new year fresh. The new year is an exciting time. It often comes with new things to do and try, especially in the field of technology. It’s important to stay on top of the newest tech to help make your life and work easier. To get ready for the new year, here are 5 new pieces of tech that you should try before 2022 arrives.
CNAM
If you have a smartphone, you may already be using this first item on the list. CNAM stands for caller name. It’s a service that displays the person or business who is calling on your phone’s screen. This information comes from a variety of different databases, but it is always limited to 15 characters of text. CNAM allows you to quickly see who is calling and can help you avoid any unwanted sales or spam calls without having to answer the phone. If your phone doesn’t already use the technology, contact your service provider and see if it can be added.
Quantum Computing
This may sound like a complicated and confusing type of technology, but quantum computing can be fairly easily described. Essentially, quantum computing is a type of computing that is influenced by the phenomenons that can be found in quantum physics and mechanics. Those two fields have a lot of things that can’t quite be explained yet. By using what is known, quantum computers may eventually be able to help solve the mysteries of the universe. In more concrete and immediate terms, quantum computers can analyze huge sets of manufacturing data and help determine where and when a product failure occurred.
Artificial Intelligence
The phrase “artificial intelligence” may spark images of robots and androids in your mind. The reality is a bit less exciting. Modern artificial intelligence (AI) focuses mostly on task automation. This includes technology such as smart assistants, self-driving cars, and even those automated website chatbots that you have to navigate in order to reach a real customer support person. If you’ve ever asked Alexa or Siri to set a timer or remind you of an appointment, you’ve used AI. If you haven’t, now might be the perfect time to try it out. After all, AI is only going to get smarter and more effective.
Blockchain
Blockchain is a technology designed to protect data integrity and security in sales transactions. Information is encoded into blocks, which are then chained together and stored on multiple computers. There is no one central database that could be hacked or one central ledger that could be changed. This ensures that sales are reported honestly and accurately. If your business is in sales, utilizing blockchain technology can help protect yourself and your customers. If you work in a different sector, blockchain is still important as it’ll protect you as a consumer every time you make an online purchase.
5G
The new standard for mobile networks, 5G is the 5th iteration of mobile networks. As network infrastructure is upgraded, 5G is becoming more widely available. 5G offers greater bandwidth, lower latency (signal drop) periods, and most importantly- much faster speed. These improvements are very exciting at a time when smartphone users are depending on their devices more and more each day. In order to get in on the benefits yourself, ask your service provider if your device is 5G capable.
Greeting the new year on top of the latest technology will help you get off to the best possible start. Try out tech that keeps your phone working at its peak such as CNAM and 5G. Advance your personal and professional productivity through quantum computing and AI. Finally, protect the integrity of your sales data as either a vendor or a buyer through blockchains. Regardless of which technological advances you choose to adopt, may your new year bring lots of steps forward.
