Dating has always had its challenges, but in the digital age, connecting with other people has been simplified thanks to a handful of apps designed to bring lonely hearts together. Speaking of hearts, T3 is using yours to find you matches on app it designed.
The app is called Hands-free Tinder. And as its name suggests, it's a hands-free version of Tinder. How does it work? T3 took the Apple Watch SDK that was recently made available and used that to come up with an app that measures changes in the heart rate of a user. If the heart rate goes up, the app automatically swipes right. If it goes down, it passes up on a person by swiping left.
"We've removed the need for a user to take action, instead allowing data to make the decision for them. After all, the heart doesn't lie!" explained T3.
That's some solid advice coming from a group looking to automate "hot or not" matches, should anyone wish to take them up on that.
It may not sound much but deciding whether to swipe left or right may involve a complicated process that entails tediously assessing every part of a picture. Whether this process takes you mere seconds or minutes, that's time saved by Hands-free Tinder that you can use on other things, like, going over your other options.
It's a cool idea taking out the mind in deciding who to swipe right on but relying solely on an individual's heart rate to determine who they like also has its drawbacks. For starters, Hands-free Tinder does not discriminate. If it excites you, be it in a good way or bad, it will get right-swiped. Anyone looking to ensure their right-swipes are accurately doled out should see to it that they are not distracted when using the app.
T3 used the Apple Watch SDK but it's safe to assume that Hands-free Tinder will also find its way to Android devices. It's bound to have a different name as well once it's officially released, which developers said is soon.
