Very useful if you like that sort of thing
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As a smart phone user, I seem to have apps on my phone to do all sorts of things. If I'm honest, I probably have several times the amount of apps I actually use. The nature of software is that, from time to time, it needs to update. Sometimes it's to fix bugs. Other times it's to add new features. When you have a lot of apps, you come to expect a lot of updates. It's only when I come to install these updates that I realise how pointless some of the apps I have are.
One of the more recent updates my phone asked to install is for a torch app. The app is exactly what it sounds like. It's an app for turning the light on the phone on or off—the light in this instance is the flash for the phone's in-built camera. As apps go, I always imagined this to be one of the more basic. It turns a light on and off. There can't be that much to update. It's the software equivalent of a switch. But no. According to the description of the update, it now does far more.
Added the option in info to invite friends to enjoy gorgeous lights together. Very useful when you have party with friends.
For me, various thought processes take place before I reach the conclusion that I need a torch. Having established that the area I need to see into is dark, the first is to figure out if there is a regular light I could turn on. If there is, and I can be bothered, the problem is solved. Otherwise my next thought is probably to consider whether there is any chance I could achieve my ultimate objective simply by fumbling around in the dark. It's not until I've established that I can't, perhaps after giving it a go, that I'll consider a torch.
At this point, what I'm unlikely to be thinking is how much fun it would be to invite my friends over to share in my torch-wielding experience. If I was lost in the woods at night, I would be grateful of some company. Even then, however, social networking and torches don't go together in my mind. These days it's more probable that the only time I'll use a torch is to look under the sofa to find out which toy the cat is trying to retrieve. The only one I'm sharing that experience with is the cat.
I for one wouldn't consider a torch app to be "very useful" when having a party with friends unless there was a power cut. A torch in a power cut is "very useful". It helps you to find candles, which are prettier than torches. Candles also free up your phone to find out if the power is still on at someone else's house and if you can go there instead.
I hope whoever wrote the grammatically incorrect update description did so in good humour. The sad thing is I've since opened the app to find out if the features described really existed. They do. I deleted the app (and several others) as soon as I closed it. I have another torch app that just turns the light on and off. I'll stick with that. If I'm honest, the only things I'll miss about the other torch app are the bafflingly funny update messages. I'll just have to make my own.
Removed the option to invite friends to enjoy gorgeous lights together because nobody in their right mind does that. Very useful when you have a power cut.