AI Companion Apps Shift Toward Real-Time Interaction
DepthMoist1697 · reddit · 2026-07-11
The author notes that recently tested AI companion apps are shifting from text-only chats to more "real-time" interactive formats.
Taking Mel as an example, it experiments with video conversations: characters display facial expressions and gestures while remembering past interactions, rather than just replying via text in a chat window. The author wonders if users genuinely prefer this direction—whether visual and real-time layers offer more immersion, or if text remains more popular for being simpler and leaving more to the imagination.
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