Would you let Tinder’s AI scan your entire photo library?
Tinder dating app’s new “Chemistry” feature uses artificial intelligence to rifle through your camera roll, supposedly to learn your interests and personality so it can handpick your soulmate. Nothing says romance like handing a Silicon Valley algorithm the keys to your entire photo history.
Chemistry requires the user’s permission to access camera roll photos, and will also ask “interactive questions” to get to know users better. Match says this is a “major pillar of Tinder’s upcoming 2026 product experience,” and that the feature is already live in New Zealand and Australia, with plans to expand to additional countries in the coming months.
The exciting new feature, already live in New Zealand and Australia, will soon be available globally as part of Tinder’s 2026 redesign. Match Group promises it’s opt-in and meant to cure “swipe fatigue,” but something is unsettling about a dating app’s AI scanning your vacation selfies, exes, pets, and every meal you’ve eaten over the last few years. It’s a kind of digital intimacy no one asked for, especially from a company whose business model depends on keeping you single.