Technology

- 5G will have a massive installation, but 4G will still be the standard
- There will be three cellphone designs that will lead the industry: All screen with little notch, all screen with under display camera, foldable phones
- AR/VR will still in massive development, but not for everyone yet
- Self driving cars will still increasing their sales
- There will be a new generation of consoles with a strong focus on Cloud Gaming: PS5, new XBox and new Nintendo consoles
- Facebook will launch its own cryptocurrency called Libra
- Deep Fakes will be a big new issue on Internet

Music

- Trap and its variants will still be very popular
- K-Pop and Latin American music will still be globally popular
- Generation Z artists will dominate the industry
- Social media will still generating new music genres

Movies

- Popular franchises will still betting on sequels, prequels and remakes
- A lot of superheroes movies and series
- New streaming services will challenge Netflix
- The long awaited CGI film, “Avatar 2” will release between 2020-2021

Sports

- Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 will be the next Summer Olympics while Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics
- The controversial bid, Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup 2022

Trends

- Fitness clothing, smart watches, joggers, aesthetic glasses are part of the regular fashion of people, also colored hair and long beards for men
- TikTok, Tumblr and Instagram will still be huge in popularity overall among young women
- Dank memes with a major focus on 2000’s kids and early 2010’s kids will dominate social media

So, in other words, basically just business as usual?

Considering how very worn out 2019 feels, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a whirlwind of change that'd catch most of us off guard sometime in 2020. All I know is that the early 2020s is already here in some form, we just don't know what it is yet.

There is trouble brewing for gaming. Not among the console developers/game publishers, but among the game studios themselves. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's heard about these labor disputes regarding crunch time hours, low compensation, and studio execs who are out of touch with their staff and the industry as a whole.

I have often referred to this past decade as a renaissance for gaming. While the '00s were fairly good for gaming, between the technical/graphical innovations and the growing acceptance of gaming as a hobby, studios were definitely in a slump by the end of it resulting in hack 'n' slash, WoW/Diablo-clone shovelware dominating the market. In the past decade, we experienced a revival thanks to the proliferation of smaller developers, foreign developers, and studios willing to experiment on a heretofore unheard of scale (Undertale, The Forest, The Stanley Parable, and much more).

But I fear the above issues are going to cause a contraction in game creativity in the 2020s and the market will suffer as a whole, unless execs finally address these issues and provide better working conditions for programmers. Otherwise, what's going to happen is what's been happening in the last couple years: brain drain. The good programmers will leave for app companies and Silicon Valley, the bad ones will stay and fail upwards into executive positions themselves.

What will public transportation look like?

What will public transportation look like?
The same as always with delays?

The same as always with delays?


probably a lot more faster too.

probably a lot more faster too.
Faster delays?  ;D

Faster delays?  ;D



and now they added WiFi on the buses so that way you can recharge your smart/cell phone.

and now they added WiFi on the buses so that way you can recharge your smart/cell phone.
The Wi-Fi is provided so if the public transport is playing up, alternative routes for travel can be worked out.

Fully autonomous electric vehicles are going to be a major step towards universalizing the use of public transportation and away from personal automotives. Whether the auto companies realize that or not, well, who’s to say?

The Wi-Fi is provided so if the public transport is playing up, alternative routes for travel can be worked out.


I think it will be difficult to recharge your phone on the bus while it's moving.

I think it will be difficult to recharge your phone on the bus while it's moving.
I believe you can on some trains here.

I believe you can on some trains here.


They also have WiFi too?

They also have WiFi too?
Yes indeed, to stop the passengers from getting bored.

We don't know anything yet. All we know is what they tell us, but until we are actually in the early '20s we wont know for sure what the vibe will be life. I think this culture will continue on through 2020.

Yes indeed, to stop the passengers from getting bored.


city buses have small chargers so you can plug your smartphone.

city buses have small chargers so you can plug your smartphone.
I did see one bus with a charge on it, but I cannot now remember which route it was.