Product launches, AI features and the technology behind dating apps.
Meta plans to lift AI moderation of content and ads from 50% to 90% by the end of 2026, raising safety and ad risks for dating apps.
WooPlus says 74% of 100 surveyed participants found its Curvy Cupid moderated video dates significantly less stressful than standard app dating.
PLEEZR has launched a dating app that matches users on "masculine and feminine energy" scores, but it has published no methodology or validation data.
Grindr, with 15 million users, is expanding into health, events and culture under CEO George Arison. The story calls it mission creep, bar health services.
Match Group survey: 64% of U.S. singles aged 18 to 39 used AI for profiles or chats, but 47% view AI negatively in romantic relationships.
Match Group's Chispa launched 'Lucky Losers', a football-defeat dating campaign for Latino singles, with in-app stickers and Alto rides.
Indian media say Gen Z job-hunt on Hinge and date on LinkedIn, but no usage data supports it. Match Group has disclosed no figures on such misuse.
Derek Chadwick is launching Goose, an application-only gay dating app that uses 'waves' instead of swipes, but it has not disclosed membership criteria.
Hornet is expanding its Model Search competition to Turkey and Thailand in 2026, saying the 2025 Thailand edition drew over 1,000 participants.
MAXION, a UAE dating app, has dropped algorithm-heavy matching for in-person dates and launched a YouTube series hosted by founder Christiana Maxion.
New Zealand startup Guardian Flame launched with mandatory government ID verification and risk scores built from previous dates' feedback.
Research highlighted by the BBC links a "cycling on, cycling off" pattern of dating app deleting and reinstalling to worsening mental health.
Michigan State University study of 535 people finds those shown 31 dating profiles reported stronger commitment intentions than those shown 6.
HubPeople's Hubbi 3.0 adds ChatGPT and Claude CoWork agent support and AEO schema markup to its white-label dating site builder.
DatePhotos.AI has launched a Realness Score rating AI-generated dating photos from 1 to 100, despite 2023 bans on such images by Tinder and Hinge.
Chunkr, a gay dating app built by solo developer Justin, reached 1,500 iOS users shortly after its April 2025 launch and is free at launch.
Coffee Meets Bagel says 70% of active users completed AI video selfie verification in the first month after its April rollout.
Partner-monitoring services such as CheaterScanner report rising demand as dating apps grow, though infidelity rates have not demonstrably changed.
Tantan has moved its global headquarters from China to Singapore and rebranded as an app for "intentional casual dating", with no user data disclosed.
Bumble plans to eliminate swiping in a 2026 redesign, using AI concierges that vet matches with other users' AI agents before humans make contact.
QuackQuack says 37% of Indian singles now prefer virtual dates over in-person meetings during summer heatwaves, based on a survey of 8,967 members.
Reev, a voice-first dating app from founder May Ku, is launching in Australia. Users must speak before seeing photos, with premium at $19.99 monthly.
Bumble will end swiping in Q4 2026 and move to AI-driven matching, as paying users fell 21.1% year-over-year to 3.2 million in Q1 2026.
Ashley Madison has released a 'Discreet Dictionary' of ten privacy terms, eleven years after its breach exposed 37 million user records.
Pure has redesigned its hookup app with a one-profile-at-a-time feed and claims $100M annual revenue and 95% registration growth, unverified.
Hinge's new 'Date Ideas' feature lets users pre-select three first-date activities; 76% of users report chats die without a meeting suggestion.
Tinder will add World's iris-scan verification to fight AI-enabled fraud projected to reach $40 billion by 2027, via a "proof of humanity" badge.
Tinder's upgraded Smart Photos uses vision-language models to judge photo 'vibe', with accuracy up from 68% to 76%, but the criteria are undisclosed.
Sniffies has launched four features, including position icons and 'Into' filters, to speed the move from profile view to meeting, it says.
Schmooze, a Bengaluru dating app, makes users talk to an AI voice agent before seeing matches, and claims retention 'twice as high' as traditional apps.
DateGuard, a biometric verification service for dating users, launches in April 2026 with no disclosed independent audit of its 24-hour data deletion.
Match Group is down 38% and Bumble 52% over twelve months as Bay Area startups, including AI matchmaker Known, launch one-match alternatives to swiping.
Sonder, a London dating app, says it has 6,500 users without paid acquisition, using a sign-up that takes 45 minutes to two hours.
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod warns that AI risks replacing the vulnerable interactions behind deep connection, as parent Match Group adds AI features.
Keeper, a Y Combinator-backed dating app live in Boston, matches users by AI-assigned attractiveness ratings. It raised $4 million pre-seed in December 2025.
Tinder has reportedly bought the rights to the BBC's I Kissed a Girl and I Kissed a Boy, with a celebrity version to stream in its app.
Lamu, a Seattle-based dating app, has launched with a £7.50 monthly paywall and one to two matches per week, with photos hidden until mutual interest.
Goldrush, a dating app from a King's College London master's student, launched this month at UK universities and reveals only mutual right swipes.
Grindr plans an 'AI-native' app by 2026 with hotel bookings and a health marketplace, as its CEO claims AI writes 70% of its code.
Sequel, a dating app for over-50s, combines AI with human moderation against romance scams but has not shared pricing or subscriber numbers.
Tinder has added AI camera roll scanning to infer personality traits and curate daily matches, after Tinder revenue fell 6% year-over-year in Q4 2024.
Begins, a South Korean dating app, has launched AI matching based on "lifestyle alignment", raising explainability and compliance questions for operators.
Grindr is testing a premium AI tier in beta with curated matches to cut scrolling, and says it will sit above the $50 monthly Unlimited tier.
Tinder will launch an Events tab in beta in late May or early June, letting members RSVP to in-person meetups organised by Tinder.
Bumble will trial removing swiping in select markets, replacing it with an AI assistant called Bee, with a global rollout set for spring 2026.
Yeet has left beta with Yeeta, an AI host that runs live group video sessions for up to six singles, and it has not disclosed retention data.
HubPeople has launched a tool that routes users to niche dating sites via a questionnaire. It claims to run 4,000+ white-label sites.
Translr has rewritten its matching algorithm to show shared interests before gender identity, to curb intrusive questions for trans users.
X is rewriting its search code after AI bot traffic overwhelmed it, according to Nikita Bier. Dating apps face the same AI spam and fraud risks.
TikTok Shop's new AI seller tools let dating coaches and stylists run their own storefronts, which the story says threatens dating apps' commerce plans.
Technology & AI covers what dating apps build: new features, AI matchmaking and assistants, safety and verification tools, moderation, and the suppliers behind them. DII asks of each launch whether it solves a real problem for members and how it compares with what rivals already offer, and links to the company's own announcement.