Hinge

Hinge Wrapped Homepage

A new TikTok-inspired website can help singles to examine their dating life over the past year to help them have a better experience in 2023.

Hinge Wrapped was inspired by the TikTok viral videos dubbed Dating Wrapped that had users posting their best and worst dating experiences in 2022.

According to HITC.com, a TikTok user posted a video where he showed a dating recap of his time on Hinge, captioning it “Hinge is unhinged.” He shows himself to be a “night owl swiper” and goes over the number of likes he sent and his most-liked photo. He said he’s been to seven different places trying to find love.

Thanks to this viral video, Hinge Unwrapped was born, though the actual website was created by Canadian software engineer Niko Draca (not the company Hinge). He said that he created the website to help daters reflect on the highlights of their experiences on the app, and so far, people are flocking to use it.

Tinder announced the launch of its newest feature Relationship Goals, offering users more clarity and insight into what potential matches are looking for.

Relationship Goals will be part of the user’s profile, where they can display their dating goals. Some of the choices offered in the dropdown box include whether they’re looking for a “long-term partner,” “long-term, but open to short-term,” “short-term, but open to long,” “short-term fun,” “new friends” or “still figuring it out,” according to Tech Crunch.

Each description comes with an added emoji and is displayed as a highlighted banner at the top of the user’s profile, above the “About Me” section. According to Tech Crunch, Tinder will also offer weekly prompts to users asking if their relationship goals have changed and to make that change on their profiles for more clarity and transparency, an acknowledgement that attitudes and goals shift over time.

Image: Hinge

Dating app Hinge is venturing outside of traditional monogamy offerings on its app to launch its newest feature “Relationship Type,” where users can specify what kind of relationship they are looking for.

According to Tech Crunch, Relationship Type categories include “monogamous,” “non-monogamous” and “figuring out my relationship type.” This update allows for easier filtering through matches, though it is optional to add it to your profile. It will be posted in the “virtues” section of the profile.

This feature expands on the “Dating Intentions” feature that Hinge launched over the summer, where users could specify whether they were looking for long-term or short-term partners, or if they didn’t know. Now, they can do the same for non-monogamous preferences. As Tech Crunch pointed out, there is also room to better explain your relationship goals through the app’s “Backstory” open text option.

Dating app Hinge announced that users can now add their astrological signs - as well as what kind of pet they have - to their dating app profiles.

Hinge is adding popular features that offer more insight into potential matches, and many singles want to know if their stars align. Astrological signs figure prominently into dating today, with dating apps noticing a surge of interest starting in 2020.

According to The Verge, the new astrology feature lets users add their main “sun” sign to their profiles, along with age and other important information. And while some zodiac-focused singles may only be interested in compatibility with certain signs, for the majority of singles, it provides a way to strike up conversation.

Dating app Hinge announced that it will be rolling out a video verification feature to combat fake accounts and scammers, a problem for dating apps in general.

“Selfie Verification” prompts Hinge users to upload a video of themselves, and the app will confirm that the person in the video matches the photos posted to their profile. When the profile is verified, they receive a “Verified” badge. Selfie verification isn’t required, but if users want the badge they have to complete the process.

Hinge told Wired that the verification process is a combination of machine learning and human oversight that will “compare facial geometries from the video selfie to photos on the user’s profile.”

Dating app Hinge is targeting Gen Z daters with new video and polling features which are popular tools on social media apps.

Video Prompts and Prompt Polls help users strike up conversations in a more organic and playful way. Gen Z daters are looking for something more engaging than swiping, so Hinge and other dating apps are turning to game-like and video features to entertain and draw them in.

A video feature already exists in the Hinge app, but with Video Prompts, users are limited to recording within the app instead of posting something from their camera rolls, making for a more spontaneous and less polished introduction. Hinge says that this “encourages a filterless and authentic interaction between users,” according to Tech Crunch.