Tinder now lets you find double dates with friends

Tinder has officially launched a new feature that will help you find people to double date with a friend. The dating service says it's a "low-pressure, group-first" way to date, but rea [...]

Tinder is testing height preferences

Tinder helped popularize a modern dating culture that puts looks first, and now the app is trying out a new way to capitalize on it. As part of a test, select Tinder Gold and Tinder Platinum subscribe [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Tinder is mandating face checks for California residents

Tinder is requiring new users in California to verify their identities by using facial recognition, according to a report by Axios. The policy goes into effect today as a test program. The obvious rea [...]

Bumble is the latest dating app to add an AI assistant

Bumble is testing an AI dating assistant called "Bee" that it hopes will get users on dates without them having to swipe through profiles, Bloomberg writes. The company announced the AI assi [...]

Tinder Swindler survivor launches identity verifier to fight scams

A Tinder Swindler survivor has launched a tool to fight the scams that upended her life.  Pernilla Sjöholm, who starred in Netflix’s hit documentary The Tinder Swindler, cofounded the platform — [...]

Tinder tests a controversial height filter as paying users for dating apps keep dropping

Love is a lot less lucrative lately—if you’re the company that owns Tinder (MTCH), Hinge and OKCupid. Read more... [...]

AI is writing your date’s messages. The dating apps say they cannot stop it.

Singles are feeding their dating app conversations into ChatGPT and Claude, asking the models to write replies, analyse what went wrong, and generate opening lines. The practice, called “chatfishing [...]

Investigation finds Match Group failed to act on reports of sexual assault

A new investigation from The Markup claims the parent company of Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid and other dating apps turns a blind eye to allegedly abusive users on its platforms. The 18-month investigation [...]