Tinder to Add In-app Video Chat this Year By Techtonic group A significant number of dates have moved online via video calls due to the coronavirus pandemic situation. One popular app in the online dating space , Tinder, is planning to facilitate online one-to-one video calling as an in-app feature in the second quarter of this year , as announced by Tinder's parent company Match Group in an earnings release today. "Tinder clearly remains a go-to app for meeting new people, which has become an even more critical service with so many people stuck at home, and Tinder plans to launch one-to-one live video late in Q2.", reads the release. With this addition, users will not have to move to other messaging or video calling platforms to virtually meet their dates & have conversations. Along with that, it could also lead to user retention in the platform. Match Group came to this conclusion after conducting several surveys among users of its apps. According to ...