What it’s worthwhile to know
- Bumble has launched a new app, Bumble for Friends.
- The app is a standalone model of the Bumble BFF mode discovered on the app primarily used for courting.
- Bumble BFF goals to make it simpler to arrange group meets.
- Current Bumble BFF customers can transfer their profiles over to the brand new app by logging in with the identical credentials.
While it is primarily recognized for locating dates, Bumble truly has two different modes that purpose to assist customers community or make mates. However, per an announcement this week, Bumble has now spun off its BFF mode into a standalone app dubbed “Bumble for Friends.”
The new app features very like the unique one, permitting you to add a number of images, fill out varied prompts, and spotlight your pursuits and what you are on the lookout for in a pal. The app will attempt to match you with others based mostly on mutual pursuits, and you’ll both swipe proper or left on their profiles.
I used to be a massive fan of the BFF mode within the unique app, and I even highlighted how Bumble BFF helped me escape the Seattle freeze once I moved to a new state the place I knew nearly nobody. I by no means used the courting or networking modes, and having a standalone app for Bumble BFF retains them absolutely out of my eye line with a focused app for anybody simply on the lookout for mates.
One good thing about the brand new Bumble for Friends app is that it desires to make it simpler to plan and execute real-life meetups, significantly with teams. From the conversations record, customers can begin a group chat with at the very least two different members they’ve matched with, which may help convey much more folks collectively to speak, plan, and meet.
Bumble additionally helps issues alongside by suggesting actions you possibly can choose from, or you may make your individual. And the one who creates the group chat also can create a title for the chat.
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The app stays free to make use of, though the paid premium providing is nonetheless accessible for customers that need to get extra out of the app. That permits you to see who has favored you, permits you to backtrack on swipes, offers you limitless likes, and extra.
Bumble additionally makes it simple to switch your profile over for those who already used the BFF mode; all it’s a must to do is sign up with the identical login data. Keep in thoughts that if you switch your Bumble BFF profile over to the brand new app, you possibly can’t transfer it again. However, it would not seem like transferring to the brand new app is necessary if you wish to preserve issues on the identical app.
So far, the expertise appears usually the identical as what I’m used to. However, I’ve observed that present matches are showing in my carousel of potential matches, which makes issues a little complicated. The app nonetheless appears to solely suggest folks of the identical gender id, which limits the expertise a bit for people who find themselves open to creating mates of all kinds, though the corporate appeared to counsel to Ztoog that this might change down the road.
Bumble for Friends is accessible now on iOS and Android.