The Top Tech Trends for 2022 | HK Wealth

Healthcare Will Get More Remote – and More Personal 

Many of us are now wearing health and fitness devices – and an equal number of us probably complained about not being able to see our GP face to face during the pandemic. The coming year (and years) will bring yet more remote monitoring of our health, whether that is monitoring our vital signs, increasing use of machine learning for predicting health conditions – and simply monitoring where a patient might be on a healthcare journey. Diagnosis will gradually go the same way: we are not going back to lengthy queues at the surgery.

Changes in the World of Work 

The ‘war for talent’ was a phrase much used last year: that war will be fought ever more fiercely in the next 12 months. Simply put, there are not enough people with tech skills to go round: those with the required skills will be in high demand.

…And they are likely to apply those skills to increased workplace automation. Boring, monotonous tasks will be automated: we’ll see more self-service kiosks in offices and workplaces, autonomous order fulfilment and even AI-enabled drive-thrus.

TV Advertising is Going to Change 

Don’t cheer too soon. Advertisers have long since moved away from pure numbers to very specific, data-driven ads. If you haven’t heard of Connected TV you will do: it refers to premium content streaming through apps or on a smart TV. Not only are we going to see ads served before programmes and during traditional commercial breaks, we’re also going to see them in the programmes themselves. Get used to the picture suddenly shrinking and a ‘relevant’ ad appearing in the border…

It’s Going to be a Difficult Year for Employers 

Never mind inflation, rising interest rates and the seemingly endless supply chain problems… People are going to return to the office – not in pre-pandemic numbers, but neither are we going to remain at ‘work from home’ levels. There’ll be huge challenges for employers as some employees demand fewer digital meetings and more face-to-face interaction – a request for less tech. Throw in the fact that what people want from work and life has changed during the pandemic, and employers will face major challenges balancing productivity with employee satisfaction and retention.