Bumble, the dating app where women (used to) message first, wants you to lose the sunglasses and beanie. Maybe the fish photos, too.
The second-most-downloaded dating app is rolling out an AI feature that analyzes your bios and photos and provides friendly suggestions. Like: βNo one knows which of these 15 people in the group shot is youβ or βHow about a little bit more about you than βSupβ?β Sure, your friends could have told you that, but who needs them when youβve got AI?
The Canada version of the app is also piloting a feature that will wingman you and prod you to just ask the person out already if the conversation stalls. Or you could, and weβre just spitballing here, learn how to text.
Despite Bumbleβs solid market share, it needs to keep pace with Match Group, the company behind Tinder, Hinge, and a zillion other dating apps. In November, Match partnered a disappointing earnings report with an announcement that it was testing out a new AI feature, Chemistry.
Chemistry asks users questions and (with permission) accesses their photos to learn what they like. That data is ostensibly used to suggest better matches. If the AI sees a lot of restaurant photos, maybe youβll get paired with a foodie. Outdoors a lot? Here are other people who like beaches and mountains.
With most singles clustered in the top few networks, we donβt get a lot of dating app launches these days, but when we do, they do well. Each of the last four dating apps launches ended the day in the top 5:
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Vibecoder.date is a joke that turned into a real app helping vibecoders find love βright in your IDEβ (January 2026)
- We2 gives those who already have a partner fun questions to strengthen their relationship (December 2025)
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Lettre.app is for sending those long, romantic love letters β or just for writing to pen pals (June 2025)
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Shredder, the βTinder for skiers or snowboarders,β might be blowing up post-Olympics (January 2025)