- Hinge’s New Convo Starters Feature Uses AI to Suggest Custom Opening Lines Between Matches
- Suggestions are based on user profiles, but the actual message must be composed by a human.
- The tool is designed to increase trust and help users send more thoughtful first messages.
Hinge is trying to employ AI to help solve that awkward moment in modern dating when you have to message a partner. The app’s new Convo Starters feature uses AI to offer personalized suggestions for what to say to someone after they like their profile.
Instead of looking at a blank text box and typing “hello” for the millionth time, daters now see three personalized messages that could nudge them toward something thoughtful and specific, something worth responding to.
The opening line is crucial. According to Hinge data, likes accompanied by a comment lead to quotes about twice as often as those without a comment. If you feel too uncomfortable or intimidated to say something, you may miss the opportunity. Convo Starters reads the profile of the user you’re reacting to and offers ideas based on the photos or written prompts on the other person’s page.
Hinge emphasizes that these suggestions are not pre-written messages. The AI doesn’t give you a sentence to paste, just topics to comment on that research shows are often successful. The app’s team of behavioral scientists helped define what makes a successful opener.
They are generally questions that invite dialogue or comments that show genuine curiosity, and the generative model adapts these insights to each profile. Early testing showed that 35% of users felt more confident communicating when they saw suggestions, and overall, people sent more comments with likes.
This may seem like a small change in an era already crowded with dating app features, but it shows how AI is becoming more visible in dating apps. Instead of just suggesting matches, optimizing profiles, and detecting bots, AI intervenes directly in the conversation.
Most of the world is not made up of people who can create a captivating but charming opener at a moment’s notice. A boost that doesn’t take over is exactly what Hinge is using AI to provide through Convo Starters. And for every romance purist who insists that first messages must be organic, there are a dozen exhausted daters quietly relieved to have at least a clue where to start.
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This tension is visible throughout the dating world. Tinder has experimented with AI profile helpers and even AI chat “practice partners.” Bumble is adding recommendation AI to its identity. Smaller applications are exploring compatibility prediction systems and automated red flag detection. The common thread is that dating apps are no longer just matchmakers; They are becoming coaches and assistants.
Convo Starters also represent Hinge’s latest step toward deeper, more expressive profiles. The new Prompt Feedback tool was designed to help people reveal more meaningful details about themselves.
Now, Hinge is turning AI support into the conversation, encouraging users to recognize something specific in each other rather than relying on generic openers that come together over time.
More matches could turn into real exchanges. People can hesitate less and start talking more. AI could lead users to ignite a spark that would not otherwise exist. AI won’t solve dating; nothing will, but it could smooth out the bumpy initial stage.
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