Facebook is testing a new video-based dating app

While the Sparked platform doesn't have an integrated messaging function, a screenshot published by The Verge suggests that it could prompt daters to share contact information to keep on chatting outside the app. — AFP Relaxnews

Facebook is branching out into virtual speed dating: the social network is currently testing a new application called Sparked.

While this isn’t Facebook’s first foray into the business of love, this time, the social network will offer daters short, four-minute speed dates via a platform that relies on video rather than direct messaging.