A look at the rise of AI companionship apps; a researcher found 206 on Apple's App Store and 253 on Google Play, with a total of 220M+ downloads as of July 2025
1. The first trend is a decline in people using dating apps like Tinder & Bumble. — 2. The rise of AI companion (aka AI girlfriend) apps. — 3. Using ChatGPT to write messages to people you're dati...
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and Grindr are building or testing AI tools and chatbots to generate icebreakers, coach users, and more, in a bid to attract new users
Dating apps develop AI ‘wingmen’ to generate better chat-up lines This will include “generating conversation prompts based on users' unique profiles and chat histories” Sounds like an episode of Black...
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and Grindr are building or testing AI tools and chatbots to generate icebreakers, coach users, and more, in a bid to bring back users
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr are racing to create chatbots that can coach Gen Z users to flirt X: @raydouglasuk and @keithdsouza Forums: r/hingeapp and r/technology X: Ray Douglas / @raydouglasuk ...
Match Group invests in safety app Noonlight to add features like a panic button, check-in, and photo verification to its dating apps, starting with Tinder
blue checkmark included Catie Keck / Gizmodo : Tinder Is Getting a Panic Button Specifically Tailored to Dating Rachel England / Engadget : Tinder is working on a panic button for dangerous situations...
Match Group invests in safety app Noonlight to add features like a panic button, check-in, and photo verification to its dating apps, starting with Tinder
Match Group, the dating app giant and parent company to Match, Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, and several other dating apps …
AI startups are selling images of realistic computer-generated faces, letting clients like dating apps “increase diversity” in their ads without needing people
just input your desired ethnicity and emotion. Great story from @drewharwell https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Facebook Dating, which promises to match people based on their offline lives, needs its users to actively use Facebook to be effective, unlike other dating apps
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic : Tweets: @juliarubin , @kait_tiffany , and @manymanywords Tweets: Julia Rubin / @juliarubin : “Having a crush is an amazing feeling, and life without a crush is an ext...
Google introduces personalized movie and TV show recommendations in mobile search using a swipe left/right interface like in dating apps
Everyone has a “movie mood.” You might feel like a drama or documentary one night, and the next day find yourself wanting something lighter.
Dating apps are embracing video, with Hinge letting you import video from other social networks and Zoosk's Lively adding video chat
Dating apps are, in their own way, a form of social networking - especially as they expand into new areas like friend-finding or professional networking.