---
title: "Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers"
description: "Electronics giant Samsung has launched a dating app that runs on smart fridges — and connects singles based on the compatibility of their food choices."
date: "2019-02-11"
modified: "2019-02-11"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-launches-dating-app-fridges"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "dating"
  - "dating app"
  - "Samsung"
  - "smart appliances"
  - "the digest"
---

# Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/samsung-launches-dating-app-fridges1.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Samsung/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Refrigerdating

Electronics giant Samsung has launched a dating app called "Refrigerdating" that runs on smart refrigerators — and connects eligible singles based on the compatibility of their food choices.

"We hope people can meet under more honest or transparent circumstances with the help of the contents of the fridge, because that can tell you a lot about the personality," Samsung PR manager Elin Axelsson [told *CNET*](<https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-is-trying-to-turn-your-refrigerator-into-tinder/>).

## Hacksaw Fridge

The app is available on the Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator, which costs $4,000 — so even if the food algorithm isn't perfect, Refrigerdating will at least connect mates in the same socio-economic sector.

*CNET* describes the app as working much like Tinder, giving lonely hearts the opportunity to swipe right or left on the contents of their peers' fridges.

## Stunting

If the idea sounds silly, it could be because the app is likely a marketing stunt.

"Let’s be honest: this service isn’t strictly altruistic," [wrote *Digital Trends*](<https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/refrigerating-helps-you-find-love-based-contents-your-fridge/>). "Samsung is using it to promote its Family Hub line of smart fridges, and you’ll need to own one in order to participate."

**READ MORE:** [Samsung Tries to Turn Your Refrigerator Into Tinder](<https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-is-trying-to-turn-your-refrigerator-into-tinder/>) \[*CNET*\]

***More on online dating:** [Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-dating-service>)*

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)