Note: We're currently testing this feature, so it may not be consistently available to you just yet – thanks for your patience!
Signal that you’re looking for fun with Right Now: an add-on letting you to flag to the rest of your grid that you’re ready to meet up.
Right Now allows you to post an optional status on your profile describing exactly what you’re in the mood for. This status will be posted to the public Right Now feed, and also shown to anyone who views your profile for the next 1 hour.
Everyone using Grindr can see if a profile is looking for Right Now (either via the Right Now filter on the main grid, or from the Right Now feed), but only those who have purchased Right Now will be able to post a status or appear in these filter results.
When you’re ready to meet up for some fun, there’s no time like Right Now.
How to enable Right Now
You can post to the Right Now feed up to 3 times a week for free. These free posts reset every Friday at 5:00 PM (your local time). You can check how many free Right Now posts you have left from the side menu in the app.
To use Right Now:
- Tap on the Right Now toggle at the bottom of your grid, or on your profile photo icon to access Right Now from the side menu.
- Toggle on Right Now.
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If you like, you can:
- Choose to include a status describing what you’re in the mood for (or, skip it). As always, be mindful of what personal information you post.
- Add a photo, as long as it adheres to our Community Guidelines.
- Tap the “house” icon to indicate to other profiles that you’re willing to host
- Complete your purchase, and get to looking!
After starting a Right Now session, a countdown timer will appear, and your 1 hour session will begin immediately. You’ll receive an in-app notification once your content has been approved and your post is live. A Right Now indicator (a purple “droplets” emoji) will appear on your profile, indicating to other people that you’re looking. Nearby profiles will see you on their grid as normal, and for the next hour you’ll show up for anyone using the Right Now filter while browsing the grid. Your Right Now post will also appear on the Right Now feed during your session.
While using Right Now, you can also publish an optional status specifying what you’re looking for. As with anything you post on Grindr, Right Now statuses and photos must follow our Community Guidelines, and all statuses will be reviewed by our moderation team. Please note that some personal information you provide may be considered sensitive, and you control what personal information you include in a status post. Upon approval, your status will be visible to everyone, appearing on your profile above your profile name and in the Right Now feed.
Right Now posts are ephemeral, and can’t be retrieved once they’ve expired.
Interacting with Right Now profiles
The Right Now feed will show all posts from everyone near you who is currently in a Right Now session, including their status if they included one. You can also filter the Right Now feed so it only shows posts from profiles that indicated they can host. Just tap on anyone’s post to send them a message, or tap on their profile icon to view their profile.
On your grid, you’ll see “Right Now” along with the purple droplets emoji indicator on profiles that are currently in a Right Now session. Tapping on any of these profiles will also show you their Right Now status, if they chose to include one.
Updating your Right Now session
You can update your Right Now status at any time. To do so, just click on your status as it appears on your profile page. Keep in mind that all updated Right Now statues will need to be reapproved by our moderation team to ensure they still meet our Community Guidelines.
If you’d previously indicated you’re able to host but your circumstances have changed, you can toggle that off as well. Click on the “house” icon while you’re editing your status to toggle hosting on or off.
Ending a Right Now session
You can toggle Right Now to “off” directly from your grid, from the Right Now feed, or by opening the side menu. This will remove your Right Now indicator and status (if you’ve posted one) – but note that doing so won’t extend the remaining time of your session, and your countdown timer will continue. It’s not possible to pause or extend your session without purchasing Right Now for another hour.