Sometimes you can't see the progress until you look back. In the 7 years since Zapier started automating apps, software changed perhaps more than we realize. Apps sync across devices and voice assistants play whatever song we want and ads tell us who clicked on them. That's magically new in the grand scheme of tech—yet it's just how things work today. Then right along with the new is the old, the email and RSS and spreadsheets that carry along silently, getting work done regardless of every new startup that tries to disrupt them. It's been quite the half-decade. Here's what our team has learned as we've helped our users automate their tasks and worked with the teams behind the 1,000 apps that connect to Zapier today. They're the trends that shape how we work today—and how we'll work better tomorrow. Read the full companion report: https://zapier.com/blog/software-trends-report-2018/