Tinder is working with Lyft to provide the opportunity to make gift cries after appointments without leaving the Tinder app. It’s a small convenience if you’ve already downloaded the Lyft app, but like adding video chat in the app, it’s another reason to change your focus from your game and to another app.
There is no set release date for the Lyft integration, other than that it will be ‘launched’ in the coming months, and Tinder does not yet have any footage to share for how it will work in the app. Tinder does say that Lyft’s usual safety features, such as sharing locations with family and friends, will be available in the Lyft app for gifted rides.
Adding Lyft rides can be easy, but there are some possible scenarios to worry about. It is not clear at what point you can book a ride, and whether you as well as the person you have chosen should agree with. It would be annoying (not to mention a little disturbing) for the person you hooked up with in Tinder, as well as the Lyft driver if you were to call a ride and they did not actually want it.
When asked for more details, Tinder declined, saying more information would be available in the coming months. Until then, Zoom Dates or Tinder’s built-in trivia feature may be the way to go.