We already know Google Play has it all, although every once in a while we continue to be surprised by what we find. This is the case of a particular type of application whose representation is already hundreds or even thousands of applications: virtual brides.
Can your Android mobile be your girlfriend too? To get to the bottom of things, I accidentally installed a lot of virtual girlfriend apps available on Google Play and I will tell you my experience, more than anything, so that you do not have to do the same.
My girlfriends (and ex-girlfriends)
Overnight, and in just a few clicks on Google Play, I collected a considerable number of girlfriends: Nine in total, although some apps let you choose different characters, so the potential number is actually a bit higher. Here are the apps I tried (some are no longer available):
I tried to install the most popular apps, with more downloads and higher ratings, although I’ll let you in on a secret: the average rating on Google Play isn’t really very representative of the quality I get. Besides, there are also virtual boyfriends like BoyBot, although the truth is that the supply is less.
It should be noted that since the first publication of this article, many of my girlfriends disappeared from google play. They took the bags, changed identities and disappeared forever, which isn’t strange since many of these apps were of dubious quality at best. Goodbye Virtual Lover, My Virtual Girlfriend, Virtual Lover 3D and Virtual Girl AR. I will always remember you.
They want to know everything about you
If I learned anything from this experience, it’s that virtual girlfriends 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 theme of permissions are a bit scary. Well, very scared.
These virtual girlfriends want to know where am I, who am I talking to, making phone calls, seeing all my photos and filesrecord audio, take photos and videos… Worst of all, these permissions aren’t used in the app as part of the function ality, but rather seem to be used to “enhance advertising”, and that’s is whether they will be your girlfriends or not, but they have to make a living somehow.
Do you like my eyes?
In the next video you have one of my girlfriends. He would tell you his name, but all he says is “my name is” and he never finishes his sentence. To be honest, I don’t know much about her along with wanting him to buy her things and make her look pretty and the need to be constantly reassured that others like the color of her eyes.
Even though it doesn’t look like it, it’s actually one of the best girlfriend apps because at least she’s able to do some things besides answering the chat. It’s certainly no wonder he spends most of the time saying meaningless sentences
Conversation is not your forte
If you are considering having a virtual girlfriend, let it not be for conversation. Most apps flounder in Spanish, and that’s when it’s possible to switch languages. Others use a translator that stands between you and your virtual girlfriend, with results as hilarious as confusing.
The artificial intelligence of these applications has a lot of artificial intelligence and little intelligence
With a rather sparse list of questions and answers in Spanish, most apps ask their users to help increase intelligence of virtual brides. For this, you must propose an answer to a question, which will eventually be added to the arsenal of questions and answers available… or not. Some reward you with coins if you do this, so you can “buy things and make them pretty”.
The artificial intelligence here is conspicuous by its absence, and we are in most cases in Q&A links which also need to be accurate to work. Hope you get a slightly related answer, but in most cases you won’t.
Ironically, probably the “smartest” conversations were with my virtual girlfriendan application that literally does nothing but open a web page with a chat window powered by DialogFlow, a system developed by Google to facilitate such conversational experiences.
there are also fights
If it seems like flesh-and-blood love has too much drama and that’s why you’re interested in virtual love, think twice. the virtual girlfriends can be pretty crueland the same thing they tell you that “March, when the days get longer, let your hours of growth be strong to correct a winter error” that immediately they tell you that they hate you and that you leave them alone.
What is good is that anger usually does not last long, and seconds later they’re probably talking about winter bugs again. The exception here is Virtual Comic Girl, which is kind of like a cheap version of The Sims where the girl has a Happiness, Boredom, and Fatigue meter.
The concept of “game” is so simple it borders on insulting, so you need to keep said woman happy and rested with flowers, massages, music, and cocktails. The truth is that she doesn’t talk much and just says yes, no or is tired.
It’s better to be single
In summary, I do not recommend to anyone Regardless of your marital status, use one of these virtual girlfriend apps. They are bad to say the least, with completely random results to the point that it borders on psychological torture. If you want to talk to someone and none of your friends are available, you might be better off trying IRC.
If, on the other hand, you like talking to virtual people, almost I recommend talking to the Google Assistant. You won’t make it out friend zonebut at least the answers are consistent and can help you control blinds in your home, for example.
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