Bumble Speed Dating is a feature within the Bumble app that allows users to chat with one another for up to three minutes without seeing each others pictures or Bumble profile. The feature is live every Thursday from 7 pm to 8 pm in your time zone. Users are paired up at random with a fellow dater who matches their gender and age preferences and is playing in the same city or town as them. The game is designed to spark a connection based solely on Bumble conversation, and users can exchange as many messages as they want during each 3-minute round. If a connection forms as a result of the Speed Dating game, the exchange will move into the users Conversations queue where they can resume it at any time.

To sign up for a Speed Dating game, users need to keep an eye out for the card to pop up in their stack as theyre swiping in Bumble Date Mode. They can reserve a spot for that weeks event by tapping the yellow Sign Up button, and theyll receive a pop-up notification when it starts. The game is a different way of finding connections on Bumble, but the expectations of kindness and respect still stand. Users are asked to agree to a few rules first, such as keeping it respectful and kind, focusing on getting to know who they are instead of asking about their looks, and reporting and leaving the chat instantly if someone makes them feel uncomfortable.

Bumble Speed Dating is worth trying as it lets users message before matching on Bumble, and its a quick and fun way to get the conversation started. The feature was originally launched in late 2022 as Bantr Live, a real-life tie-in to the Ted Lasso TV series, and was relaunched in many areas as Speed Dating in early 2023.