With the global pandemic still a threat in many countries, it has become harder for people to date due to the need for maintaining social distancing. That's something Tinder intends to help with, using its new video chat feature. Simply called 'Face to Face', the feature is now in beta in several countries.
According to TechCrunch, Tinder has started to test this feature in some states in the US such as Virginia, Illinois, Georgia and Colorado. Outside of the US, it's being tested in Australia, Brazil, Chile, France, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. This isn't the first time Tinder has tested video for the platform, but not many people were interested in it before the pandemic.
The feature can be triggered when two people are matched. Now, there will be an option to start a video chat session in the chat screen. It should be noted that video chats will only be available if both users have enabled the feature. Of course, there are some regulations when it comes to video chats like these. For example, there should be no nudity, sexual content, hate speech, or other illegal activities.
How Tinder plans to reinforce such regulations wasn't mentioned, so most would be sceptical about this. With that said, what are your thoughts about this? Do such apps need a video chat feature? Let us know on our Facebook page and stay tuned to TechNave.com for more tech news.
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