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Bumble BFF will be a standalone app

Now you can find new friends without downloading a dating app.
By Anna Iovine  on 
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Bumble is testing a standalone app for BFF, the friend-finding portion of the current app. Credit: Getty Images/Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

Bumble is known primarily as a dating app, but you can also swipe for friends on Bumble BFF(opens in a new tab) (there's also Bumble Bizz for business connections). BFF and Bizz have historically been available on the same app as Bumble Date, but according to a source, that's going to change.

Bumble has been testing a standalone version of the BFF app in the UK and select Asian markets, a source told Mashable. The standalone app is expected to launch in the U.S. this summer, signaling a deeper investment by the company; BFF represents 15 percent of the app's monthly active users.

screenshot of bumble bff app in the app store
Bumble for Friends app in the App Store. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

Bumble BFF is still active in the usual Bumble app, for now. Soon, however, those who want to find new friends will be able to do so without downloading a dating app.

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Anna Iovine is the sex and relationships reporter at Mashable, where she covers topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Previously, she was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Twitter @annaroseiovine(opens in a new tab).


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