By: Hannah Gelfond
Today Tinder launches Places, letting people find common ground (literally) with potential matches. The locations where we hang out say everything about us. Places lets you see potential shared interests of matches and gives you a ready to go one-liner once you swipe.
When you tap the pin at the top of the Discovery screen to opt-in, you’re able to discover new potential matches based on the places you have in common. Places is entirely opt-in, never shows your real-time location, and lets you add and remove your favorite spots, putting you in control of what’s shared.
“We’re excited for our users to try Places, which is our first step in bringing Tinder to the real world. Mapbox has been instrumental in helping us translate the Tinder look and feel to the map within Places, and customizing this new interactive space within the app.” — Samantha Stevens, Director of Location Products at Tinder
Places uses a minimalist map design, bringing key locations front and center. Tinder’s designers built the map from the ground up using Studio and our Maps SDKs for iOS and Android. They used a muted color palette and removed features like highways, building footprints, and other layers that could detract from points of interest and new matches.
Tinder’s Places is now available in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia and Santiago, Chile. Stay tuned — we’ll keep you posted with updates as Places rolls out.
Tinder Places: Match with Maps was originally published in Points of interest on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.