Tinder Double Date lets users team up with a wingmate

Tinder has rolled out a new feature called Double Date, which lets the dating app's users pair up two-by-two.

Double Date, as the name perhaps suggests, enables a pair of friends to match with other pairs for 'joint dating experiences'.

The feature is now live for users in the United States, found via a new icon in the app.

Like the classic Tinder experience, the app lets users 'swipe' their way through profiles, but the difference occurs when one of a pair matches with one of another pair, at which point the app launches a group chat with all four users.

It is described as a social-first experience that's meant to relieve some of the pressure experienced by some users using dating apps.

Cleo Long, Tinder’s head of product marketing, said the new feature is designed to make the app more social and more fun.

Double Date is set to compete with new rival dating apps, Doubble and Fourplay.