<input type&equals;"hidden" value&equals;"" data-essbisPostContainer&equals;"" data-essbisPostUrl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;dating-apps-have-evolved-during-the-pandemic-whats-the-new-normal&sol;" data-essbisPostTitle&equals;"Dating Apps Have Evolved During The Pandemic&period; What’s The New Normal&quest;" data-essbisHoverContainer&equals;"">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Remember when you used to go out on dates all dolled up and excited&quest; Or when you changed your outfits like a hundred times while wanting to nail that perfect date look&quest; I think it is safe to say that the pandemic saved us from all that hassle&period; You could be wearing a nice top but match it put with your pyjama shorts&comma; or you could wear a white t-shirt with a black leather jacket and pair it up with blue shorts&period; Who is even going to care what you are wearing at the bottom anymore&quest; But somewhere down the line some of us do miss getting ready and going on real dates&period; Here are a few dating apps to ease out the process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh4&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;Ssm26GQYbZY&lowbar;hd-hIefvxIaWdwJAyp8ajE0FR0SlP7E3C9SEAkXxeqq4l3qMHSfMeQRNN-Jmw0QrYDpC&lowbar;SpXu6qPzaOVPBlI3vTQyugjYjpp9Rbkaqsk6oTczgHWPg" width&equals;"624" height&equals;"315"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Online dating apps have been the new anchor for those who like to go on dates or meet new people&period; Due to this pandemic&comma; there have obviously been a lot of new changes&period; It has become the new normal&period; Therefore&comma; while dating now&comma; one has to be extra careful about going to places or meeting someone&period; Tinder recorded its highest recorded single day of swiping in one year alone&period; Bumble hit a milestone of 100 million users this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">This trend is not limited to popular apps&period; Small companies such as Daniel Ahmadizadeh&&num;8217&semi;s texting service called Quarantine Together&comma; have shown a boost of 30&comma;000 plus users using their services&period; They have come up with a great idea where at exactly 6 PM the users get a text message asking them if they have washed their hands today&comma; if the users reply with a yes&comma; they are then matched with another user to have a private conversation&period; At the end of half an hour&comma; the users are sent an audio or video link so they can have a proper conversation if things are going well for them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh4&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;91rk05D4w9MdZIwzv1fY2OjvulAD5LO8pazZ3j952XIGS3fF6tq2erq05Tnig3zrttfDtr-7frbSS8I6MZlKyr4WBTSJsKLMoyBRLMFIkH&lowbar;UnZ2&lowbar;71JWfweFPaIPIw" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px&semi;"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">A lot of people have started seeking comfort in speed dating&comma; where the guys or girls are trying to date or talk to one person in under 5 minutes or so&comma; and if the things go well&comma; the person might decide who out of the bunch of people will he or she decide to date&period;&nbsp&semi;Due to the pandemic&comma; the apps have invented different sorts of updates&comma; which makes the users use the app more effectively and gain more realness with the person they are talking to&period; I mean&comma; in 2020&comma; one has to get real&period; A lot of people are much more comfortable with talking or chatting online than in real life&period; The dating apps are getting more likes due to this one fact alone&comma; as it not only shakes off the awkwardness of the first date in person&comma; but it also makes you know if you can click with the person on chat and how real he or she is&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Hinge has come out with the feature called Date From Home where one can start a video call&period; The catch here is the only fact that the two people have to chat first in order to build a report and then they can click on the video call symbol on the top right corner and start a video meeting and get to know each other more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lh4&period;googleusercontent&period;com&sol;vrlI1ZqZI6mDIy2U5prQsueEZfspHaMSfKSMX1yk&lowbar;ohdhv6AeqBzCt1lO-aTiwiYZ-W3i&lowbar;apOZGJ4jOAmnyauz3YRIpJvxZsToH57sSUJFHjbMbNnbD8nohAJurIcA" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px&semi;"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">When you are stuck at home and wish to have a go at the online dating world&comma; but then quickly realize that it is nothing but plain awkward chats hanging all around you&period; Therefore&comma; a dating app called XO has come out with the perfect ice breaker&period; This app lets you play games such as drawing or word games&comma; which help you&comma; connect and have fun on another level&period; The feature called Blind Date is also very well known&period; This feature lets you play a game with your date without knowing who they are and at the end of the game the identities are revealed&period; It is used a lot by Gen Z as it takes a new approach to the dating idea&period; Nowadays people are searching for fun and connection more than just simple talks about where&comma; when&comma; and how&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Dating apps are still trying to fit into this new normal&period; But as far as I can see&comma; they have done pretty good at keeping their consumers on their toes&period; This fun and quirky way of dating for sure brings the humour out in people&period; One can comfortably sit in their homes&comma; wear literally anything and still pull it off&period; The consumers are getting used to this new normal&period; Although&comma; they are not taking much time fitting in because&comma; to be frank&comma; texting or video calling can be a little more comfortable than normal face to face conversation&period; But hey&comma; that is just me&period; Tell us what do you think of this new normal&quest; Which one would you prefer if you had to go out&sol;in on a date&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>If you liked reading this one&comma; check out &colon; <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;hate-germs-use-these-machines-to-kill-them-right-now&sol;&quest;v&equals;a98eef2a3105"><strong>Hate Germs&quest; Use These Machines To Get Rid Of Them Right Now<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;