Gadgetory

meet Bridget she's just your average girl next door texting a new friend she made on her smartphone but this friend isn't a human it's a chat bot these chat BOTS are programs that can answer basic questions or fetch information quickly but BOTS can only understand certain phrases looks like Bridget found some new chat BOTS on the facebook messenger service this bot tells her the top news stories of the day but it's not so good at holding conversations some BOTS want to help you go shopping inside the chat window but it limits how much you can browse oh that's a nice one maybe she'll finally find something to get the boys to pay attention to her Oh looks like Bridget is having fun with poncho the weather app bot careful Bridget looks like poncho is trolling you again don't let a bot hurt your feelings these types of simple tasks bots can also be found on other chatting services such as Skype and telegram and they'll do all sorts of tasks mr. narrator yes Bridget well boss replace the need for smartphone apps maybe someday soon that's what Microsoft and Facebook are hoping for but don't worry today's bots aren't that advanced yet