- Tinder is adding video to its verification processes.
- The new feature is out today and asks new and old members to take a selfie video to verify their identity.
- The feature is available globally and users can request that others go through the process before starting a conversation.
Dating app Tinder wants to strengthen its verification processes and to that end it’s added video verification to its Photo Verified features.
Photo Verified is a way for members to showcase that it’s really them behind the profile and now video verification provides an extra layer of verification. This also helps other users know that you’re real and not a bot.
“Tinder daters consistently tell us that photo verification is one of their most valued safety features. The tool provides one more way to help members better assess the authenticity of their match. For our 18-25 year old members, being Photo Verified gives them a 10 percent higher chance to match,” explains senior vice president of product integrity at Tinder, Rory Kozoll.
Tinder says that it will prompt new members to Photo Verify and in the coming months, legacy members will be prompted to re-verify using this new verification stack.
From a press release, video verification involves completing a series of video prompts. The details on these prompts are thin but we suspect that this is to prevent folks from trying to undermine them through the use of deepfakes and AI.
What’s more is that Tinder users will be able to request that a match verify themselves before continuing the conversation. In future, users will be able to toggle their settings to only receive messages from Verified accounts. Tinder Gold members will also be able to filter their Likes to only show Verified profiles.
Photo Verification is free to all users and video verification is available globally on Tinder from today.
“We will continue prioritizing these [safety] methods to help make Tinder a safer place to meet someone new,” Kozoll concluded.
