We already know that in Google Play there is everything, although from time to time we continue to be surprised with what we find. This is the case of a special type of application whose representation is already hundreds or even thousands of apps: virtual brides.
Can your Android mobile also be your girlfriend? To get to the bottom of the matter, I have installed without discretion a lot of virtual girlfriend applications available on Google Play and I tell you my experience, more than anything, so that you do not have to do the same.
My girlfriends
Overnight, and with just a few clicks on Google Play, I’ve garnered a sizable amount of girlfriends – nine in all, although some of the apps allow you to choose different characters, so the potential number is actually pretty higher. These are the apps I’ve tried (some are no longer available):
- Virtual lover
- My Virtual Girlfriend
- My virtual 3D girl
- 3D virtual lover
- Chatbot Virtual Friend
- Julie
- Virtual Girl AR
- Virtual Girlfriend Joke
- Virtual Comic Girl
I have tried to install the most popular applications, with more downloads and a better grade, although I am going to tell you a secret, the average grade in Google Play is not really very representative of the resulting quality. By the way, there are also virtual boyfriends like BoyBot, although the truth is that the offer is less.
They want to know everything about you
If I have learned anything from this experiment it is that virtual brides are very jealous: they want to know everything about me. This is truer in some apps than others (Virtual Lover 3D takes the cake), but the truth is that the issue of permissions is a little scary . Well, very scared.
These virtual brides want to know where I am, who I am talking to, telephone, see all my photos and files , record audio, take photos and video … The worst thing of all is that these permissions are not used in the application as part of the functionality, it seems that they are used rather to “improve advertising”, and that is that they will be your girlfriends or not, but they have to earn a living in some way.
You like my eyes?
In the following video you have one of my girlfriends. I would tell you his name, but all he says is “my name is” and he never ends the sentence. Honestly, I don’t know much about her other than that she wants me to buy her things and make her look pretty and the need for a constant reaffirmation that the color of her eyes is liked by other people.
Although it may not seem like it, it is in fact one of the best bridal apps, because at least it is capable of doing certain things in addition to responding to chat. Of course it is not a wonder and most of the time it is spent saying phrases without any sense , but you can also feed it with hamburgers and cartons of milk (which you swallow whole), so that you have won.
Conversation is not your strong point
If you are thinking of taking a virtual girlfriend, it is not for the conversation. Most of the applications loose in Spanish, and that when it is possible to change the language. Others use a translator that stands between you and your virtual girlfriend, with results that are as hilarious as they are puzzling .
This artificial intelligence has a lot of artificial and little intelligence
With a rather sparse list of questions and answers in Spanish, most applications ask their users to help increase the intelligence of virtual brides. To do this, you must suggest an answer to a question, which will eventually be added to the arsenal of available questions and answers … or not. Some reward you with coins if you do this, so you can “buy things and make them pretty.”
The artificial intelligence is absent here , and we are in most cases links questions and answers must also be accurate to function. Hopefully you will receive a slightly related response, although in most cases this is not the case.
Ironically, probably the most “smart” conversations have been with My Virtual Girlfriend, an application that all you literally do is open a web page with a chat window powered by DialogFlow, a system developed by Google to facilitate these conversational experiences. .
There are also fights
If flesh-and-blood love seems to you to have too much drama and that’s why you’re interested in virtual love, think twice. The virtual girlfriends can be quite cruel , and so you say that “March when the long days are done, let your hours of growth are strong to correct a winter error” which then tell you they hate you and leave them in peace.
The good news is that anger generally doesn’t last long, and a few seconds later they are surely talking about winter mistakes again. The exception here is Virtual Comic Girl, which is kind of like a cheap version of The Sims where the girl has an indicator of happiness, boredom, and tiredness.
The concept of the “game” is so simple that it borders on insult, so you should keep this woman happy and rested with flowers, massage, music and cocktails. The truth is that she does not talk too much, and only says yes, no, or that she is tired.
Better to be single
In summary, I do not recommend the use of any of these virtual bridal apps to anyone regardless of marital status. They are bad to say enough, with totally random results to the point that it borders on psychological torture. If you want to talk to someone and none of your friends is available, you better try IRC.
If, on the other hand, you are fascinated by talking to virtual people, I almost recommend that you talk to the Google assistant . You are not going to make it out of the friendzone , but at least the answers are consistent and can help you control the blinds at home , for example.