Tinder will soon have profile videos

The Tinder dating app will be updated soon with an important news. The company is testing the possibility of including small videos in profiles They call them Loops and they are fragments of only 2 seconds that will be played in a loop The idea is that users can show more of their personality than what can be shown with a photograph.

Video is the format of the future (or rather of the present) on the Internet.The thousands of channels and millions of viewers that YouTube has make it very clear. And also that all apps are adding the ability to create short profile videos to replace “outdated” photos We saw this a while ago on Facebook and now it's up to the Tinder dating app.

As Tinder itself has commented in its statement, the idea of ​​the Loops (this is what it calls the small profile videos) is to obtain more "Match" or sliding towards the right. This is how someone indicates on Tinder that they like you.

How to create a Loop or profile video?

When available, creating a Loop or profile video will be very simple We will only have to add a new multimedia element and choose a video that we have recorded Once selected, we can drag a strip to select the 2 seconds that we will use as the profile video.

What should we show in this mini video? Well, the creators of Tinder themselves are committed to showing something that we really like. For example, if we really like skating, upload a video of you skating.

Also, recommend to give the video a bit of spectacularity In the example above, we can increase the speed of the video so that we can hear see some more. If we like to jump, try to catch the piece where you are in the air. In other words, dramatic blows to attract attention.

Profile videos are currently only available on iPhone devices in Canada and Sweden. Once this new functionality is tested, it will reach all users of the application.

Via | Tinder