Can You Have Both a Video Prompt and a Prompt Poll on Hinge?

Yes. Hinge's help page gives Video Prompt and Prompt Poll their own boxes in the profile editor, so they are separate slots rather than a choice between the two. Its launch announcement for the two features also describes a Prompt Poll displayed beneath a Video Prompt on the same page. Both sit alongside your written answers, which do the job a bio does on other apps.

Open the editor by tapping your Photo Icon and then the Pencil Icon. Scroll down and you will find a box under Video Prompt and a separate box under Prompt Poll. Filling one does not touch the other.

Hinge's launch announcement explained how the two display together. A Prompt Poll shows under the first picture on your page, and if you have added a Video Prompt, the poll shows under that instead. Hinge can rearrange its layout over time, but the two features launched together, and the announcement shows them sharing one page.

1. Tap your Photo Icon, then the Pencil Icon.
2. Tap the box under Video Prompt.
3. If a popup asks for permission to record, allow it.
4. Check the prompt at the bottom of the screen, and tap it if you want a different one.
5. Press and hold the white button to record.
6. Tap the X in the top right or Redo in the bottom left to try again.
7. When you like the take, tap the Purple Arrow, then Done on iPhone or the Back arrow on Android.

Videos are short, so choose a prompt you can answer with one moment rather than a speech. Answer it the way you would tell a friend, not the way you would read a script. Needing a few takes is normal, and the good clip is rarely the first one.

1. Tap your Photo Icon, then the Pencil Icon.
2. Tap the box under Prompt Poll.
3. Look at the prompt Hinge offers, and tap the Pencil Icon to browse others.
4. Type your poll answers.
5. Tap Done on iPhone or the back arrow on Android.

A woman looking at your page picks the answer she wants to respond to. Hinge says she can send a Like or a Rose to that specific option.

The two formats do different jobs, which is why having both makes sense.

A Video Prompt shows how you move, how you sound and how you carry yourself. No photo or written answer can do that, and in person those are exactly the things attraction runs on. A Prompt Poll does the opposite job. It makes the first step easy. She does not have to think up a line. She taps the answer she likes, and the conversation already has a topic.

So the video gives her a reason to want to talk to you, and the poll gives her an easy way to start. a dating coach tells men to test the features the apps add instead of ignoring them. These two are an easy test, because they add to your page without replacing anything on it.

The common mistake is making both formats do the same job. A video about how much you love travel, next to a poll asking her favorite place to travel, says one thing twice.

Split the work. Let the video carry your energy and warmth. Let the poll carry an opinion or a playful choice.

Then look at the two together the way she will. In the editor, tap View at the top of the screen to see your page as other members see it. If the video and the poll repeat each other there, change one of them.

Make the poll answers specific enough to argue about. "Pizza, tacos or sushi" is a survey. For a prompt like "Instead of getting drinks, let's," try "a night market," "the worst karaoke bar in town" and "a cooking class I will definitely fail." Each one is a real date idea, and any of them gives her something to tease you about.

A weak Video Prompt costs you more than an empty box. If you cannot record a clip where you look relaxed, leave it for now. Try again another day, outside in good light, with a friend holding the phone and talking to you so you forget the camera.

A poll is easier to get right, but a bland one is dead weight too. If your options could appear on any man's page, rewrite them before you add the poll.

Your written prompts still carry the most weight on Hinge. Get those right first, then add the video and the poll on top. Each piece should show her something the others do not.