Happn launches its new range of voice features
Happn launches its new range of voice features happn, one of the leading dating apps, announced it was developing a range of voice features in June. The idea is to give singles a new and increasingly immersive and sensory online dating experience. The new happn voice features will be gradually launched on the app starting today, first in France and Argentina, followed by the rest of the world. The voice: the start of a Crush In the age of online dating, voice-noting and tiktok-miming, who we are speaking to and what they sound like is of more interest than ever before. In fact, a new survey of 2,000 Brits, commissioned by leading dating app happn, reveals that 8 in 10 people across the UK agree that being attracted to the sound of their partner’s voice is important. What’s more, over half (53%) alter their own voice in some way when speaking with someone they find attractive – 1 in 5 of whom play down their own accent because they feel self-conscious. The findings also offered an insight into the types of voices Brits are attracted to – the huskier the better for 2 in 10 (16%)! And when it comes to accents around the world, Italians come out on top with a third (31%) finding their voice the most attractive, closely followed by the language of love itself, the romantic French (28%). In Britain, The Scots take the lead with 21%, leaving those from Essex at the bottom with only 3% of the vote. “Dating keeps reinventing itself every day,” says Karima Ben Abdelmalek, CEO of happn. “We’re sure that the next major development will be to offer singles more emotions in their experience, enabling them to truly recreate the feeling of a real-life encounter. […]