Product launches, AI features and the technology behind dating apps.
Pure has added at-home STD testing to its US dating app via TBD Health, but has not said whether test or prescription data reaches the app.
The League's downloads rose 23% year-on-year in Q4 2024 and Coffee Meets Bagel's 19%, per Sensor Tower, as dating apps that limit matches gain ground.
Cerca requires school email verification and 40 users per campus before activating Student Mode, and is launching a US university tour with mixers.
Tinder is promoting its Double Date group feature to Gen Z with an Ibiza campaign, and the company says 90% of usage comes from under-29s.
Tinder's Puerto Rico userbase is up 35% since July and Passport use there is up 52%, coinciding with Bad Bunny's San Juan residency, the app says.
Grindr has launched Grindr Presents, an in-app content hub with uncensored original shows and playlists, but has not disclosed its spend or success metrics.
Dating app members are reportedly using AI chatbots to plan secret breakups, a behaviour called 'banksying', per social posts, mainly TikTok.
Tinder India launched four limited-edition ice cream flavours with Indu under its 'Move On' campaign, aimed at users who have recently been dumped.
HubPeople claims its Founder Success programme grew gaming dating app Date Player 2's revenue 18-21%, but the figures lack a timeframe and baseline.
Bumble has launched an in-app library of 20 expert articles and videos on messaging, confidence and emotional resilience, as it works on engagement.
OkCupid matches with political alignment have 31% higher conversation rates, but most rival apps treat political filtering as an afterthought.
Taimi, an LGBTQ dating app with 20 million downloads, has launched free event promotion tools and a First Move conversation starter feature.
Roblox plans dating features limited to users aged 17 and over with identity verification, according to a company announcement this week.
Bebs, a US dating app, launched this month with QR-coded cards and prepaid restaurant dates at 2,000 claimed venues, rated 4.6 on iOS and 2.7 on Android.
Google searches for "yearning" are up 102% in two years, but dating apps' time-on-platform revenue models conflict with rewarding vulnerability.
Walnut, a new dating app from ex-Amazon employee Richa Raval, locks matching behind daily emotional intelligence and attachment theory lessons.
Hinge, Bumble and DateGuard add voice features as UK swipe-based dating engagement drops 16%, per app analytics data.
Hily has launched a "manchild-free" profile badge that shows a preference but does not filter matches. The company says 55% of women surveyed had dated one.
Happn has launched Perfect Date, an AI tool using Foursquare data to suggest date venues. The company says 62% of users in India trusted it in early testing.
Grindr is testing AI-to-AI match vetting in its Wingman AI assistant, which is in limited beta with 10,000 users.
Hinge has launched profile prompts redesigned with therapist Esther Perel, but has released no data on whether they improve matches.
Grindr is testing AI chat summaries and smart match lists for 25% of Unlimited subscribers, with users criticising the paywall on Reddit.
Grindr has launched Right Now globally, a feature for one-hour disappearing status updates, with limited weekly sessions for free users.
Tinder is testing a paid height preference tool that weights match recommendations instead of filtering, after losing 700,000 subscribers in Q1 2025.
LoveJack, a London-based dating app, launches next month with five-word profiles and five daily interactions, then plans US cities and India.
One-third of Hinge survey respondents would consider dating outside their usual boundaries, with higher rates among Gen Z.
US dating app users, predominantly women, are spoofing locations to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal after the 5 November election.
Meetline has launched globally with route-based matching, claiming 7,000 transit systems in 1,200 cities. It has not said how it sources the data.
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says the app will not use AI to write messages or profiles, only to nudge fuller prompts, as Match Group nears Q1 earnings.
Grindr has launched A-List, a generative AI feature for premium subscribers that summarises past conversations, and opened a Palo Alto AI office.
SlideIn, a new voice-based dating app from Connor Rose, matches users with AI from one recorded answer and launches with a 100-person waitlist.
Zepeel has relaunched after a decade, using facial recognition AI to block edited photos, raising privacy and regulatory questions for dating operators.
About 30% of Chinese singles have used livestream matchmaking, according to iiMedia Research, as hosts on Douyin and WeChat draw public audiences.
Feeld won a Webby Award for a celibacy profile tag it says launched within five days of Bumble's ad campaign that mocked celibacy.
Bumble-commissioned polling says 64% of Australian daters think dating across political divides is impossible, as it launches an election campaign.
Grindr has launched Right Now, a real-time feed tab alongside its grid, in 15 major cities including London, New York and Paris.
Grindr launched an optional in-app camera, Taken on Grindr, that timestamps and watermarks photos to show recency but does not verify identity.
Grindr has launched 'Between the Cheeks', an anal health and colorectal cancer screening hub, with Preparation H and the National LGBT Cancer Network.
Betterhalf.ai's 89% compatibility match between two MBA graduates reportedly failed within hours, raising questions about AI percentage scores.
Tinder has launched an AI voice game using OpenAI's GPT-4o that scores users on conversation skills in timed dating scenarios, with five plays a day.
Tribal, a dating app launching this month, blurs profile photos for 72 hours after matching, with users messaging based on a 44-question assessment.
Grindr has expanded its one-hour 'Right Now' meetup feed to 15 major cities, with 10 free sessions per week before users must pay for Unlimited.
MillionaireMatch has introduced "No Sex Monday", which disables messages, likes and winks every Monday for its 5 million members.
Tinder has relaunched Tinder U in India, four years after ending it in the US in 2022. Verification accepts .in emails, which any registrant can hold.
Dating app RAW is developing a ring that tracks heart rate, temperature and voice to share emotional data with partners, due late 2025 or early 2026.
Sniffies has launched its first iOS app after seven years as web-only, with default content filtering and email sign-up. The web version stays unfiltered.
Hinge has launched Match Note, a post-match disclosure feature requiring recipients to acknowledge a member's sensitive information before messaging.
BiCupid has launched AI Detect, which blurs unsolicited nude images on the bisexual dating app until the recipient consents to view them.
Mylo, an Israeli AI dating startup, claims a 90% match-to-conversation rate, as Bumble and Grindr have yet to ship AI assistants.
Rakuten Viber has launched Viber Dating in the Philippines, targeting 20 million users in beta, with no monetisation model disclosed.
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.