{"id":17868,"date":"2020-03-30T18:25:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/muzmatch-adds-a-button-to-video-chat-with-a-matchs-dad.html"},"modified":"2020-03-30T18:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:25:12","slug":"muzmatch-adds-a-button-to-video-chat-with-a-matchs-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/muzmatch-adds-a-button-to-video-chat-with-a-matchs-dad.html","title":{"rendered":"Muzmatch adds a button to video chat with a match\u2019s dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muslim matchmaking app Muzmatch<\/a> is getting (slightly) involved with video: It\u2019s adding a button to enable users to request a video chat with a prospective match\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

If the user impresses on camera, the dad can grant a \u2018Dad Verified\u2019 badge to add to their profile \u2014 as an added layer of parental vetting for a community that\u2019s seriously focused on finding a life partner.<\/p>\n

YC backed<\/a> Muzmatch has been building out a community-sensitive approach to app-based swipe-to-match \u2018dating\u2019 for Muslims for around five years at this stage, broadening its early focus on the UK and the US to include Muslim majority markets last year. In January it passed the 2 million user mark globally, up from 1.5M last summer.<\/p>\n

Back in July<\/a>, when we chatted to founder Shahzad Younas, video was on his mind \u2014 though his preoccupation was on how to incorporate \u201celements of video\u201d in a sensible and safe way for a user base that\u2019s intent on finding serious connection for the purpose of marriage. Muzmatch users definitely aren\u2019t interested in casual dating or hook-ups. So \u201csimple video\u201d wasn\u2019t on the cards, he said then.<\/p>\n

In the event Muzmatch <\/a> is starting by opening an indirect video chat channel between a potential match and a parent \u2014 to augment existing chaperone elements within the app, such as an optional wali\/guardian feature for female users (which lets them elect to have their in-app chats emailed to a third party).<\/p>\n

To access the new video dad chat feature \u2014 which must surely rank as one of the most nerve-wracking types of live chats available in the broad-brush dating app world right now \u2014 a Muzmatch user needs to navigate to their chat options and tap on the Dad Verification button.<\/p>\n

Be warned: This will immediately trigger a video call with a potential partner\u2019s dad. Evidently it\u2019s not a button to be pressed when casually dressed or lost for words.<\/p>\n

Unlike the wail\/guardian chaperone feature, the Dad Verification button is universally available to both male and female users \u2014 so both sides of the community of users can opt to seek the approbation of a match\u2019s father to advance their suit, per Muzmatch.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear whether the startup is manually verifying a user\u2019s dad is who they say they are. We\u2019ve asked for more on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo support the women who are complaining that men simply aren\u2019t as serious about marriage anymore and the ones who have been ghosted and led on, the revolutionary Dad Verified feature will allow both men and women on muzmatch to check if their match is ready for marriage by getting them to speak to their father and get the seal of approval,\u201d it writes in a press release.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest tweak for the app which underwent some spring cleaning in January.<\/p>\n

A v3.0 launch then brought updates to the interface, including support for richer profile content; a new card layout to showcase potential matches; and a cleaner view of matches\/unmatches. Browsing and discovery, explore and chat also got a refresh at that point. But with dad video chats Muzmatch is taking a bigger step in the hopes of bringing its community along for the ride \u2014 and fending off growing competition for its target users in the process.<\/p>\n

Zooming out, while dating apps are facing a curious time right now, as a result of the coronavirus crisis<\/a> putting a dampener on face-to-face meet-ups with so much of the world under de facto house arrest, such physical restrictions seem likely to offer less of a disruption to Muslim dating apps \u2014 where the focus is on remote courtship to establish if there\u2019s a marriage connection, rather than applying digital chatter as an accelerant for meeting in person.<\/p>\n

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Muzmatch adds $7M to swipe right on Muslim-majority markets<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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