Not one you can date on. Bumble says its web version has been discontinued, and trying to sign in from a browser now brings up a prompt to download the app instead. Bumble.com is still online as a company site, but your matches, your messages and the swiping all live in the app on your phone or tablet.

What Bumble actually changed

Bumble's support page about the change says that Bumble web, the browser version of the service, has been discontinued. The reason it gives is a focus on the mobile app, where it says it can offer its latest features and safety tools. Bumble's own site says the same thing in one line: Bumble is now app-only.

So the domain still exists. You can read about the company on it, reach the support pages and download the app. What you cannot do is open a browser tab at your desk and work through your matches there.

You may still land on an older Bumble help page that walks through settings on the web. The page Bumble wrote about the change, and the notice on bumble.com itself, both say the web version is gone. Plan around the app.

Moving over without losing your matches

Bumble's instructions are short. Download the Bumble app from the App Store or Google Play on your phone or tablet. Then sign in with the same account you used on Bumble web. Bumble says your matches and conversations will be there waiting for you.

The one place men slip is the sign-in itself. Use the same login you used before, so you land in the same account. Bumble's sign-in page also notes that when you log out of the app, you get the option to add other login methods. Facebook, a phone number and an Apple ID are among them, and you can use any of those the next time you sign in.

If you sign in and your chats are not there, do not start rebuilding from scratch. Check that you used the same login as before. If it still looks wrong, Bumble points you to its support team for help signing in to the app.

What the app gives you that the browser did not

Bumble lists a handful of reasons it prefers the app. Real-time notifications mean a new match or message reaches you when it arrives. In-app voice and video calls let you talk without handing over your number. Photo and ID verification can be done straight from your phone. Bumble also names Travel Mode and Incognito Mode as part of the app experience.

Two of those matter more than the rest for your results.

The calls come first. A short voice or video call before a date settles most of her doubts about whether you are the man in the pictures. It also tells you, in a few minutes, whether there is anything there. Keep it light and brief. Suggesting ten minutes asks very little of her, and a call that runs long because it is going well is a far better sign than a week of polite messages.

Verification is the second. A woman deciding whether to meet a stranger has one question under all the others: is he real? Anything that answers it before she has to ask is worth the two minutes it takes.

The phone changes how you use the apps

A man who used Bumble in a browser often worked in batches. He sat down, cleared his matches, answered what needed answering and closed the tab. On a phone the pull runs the other way. A few idle swipes in a queue, half a reply typed at a red light, and a buzz every time something lands.

Neither extreme works well. Pick two short windows in your day for the dating apps and give each one your full attention. Go through new matches properly, and write replies you would be happy to have her read twice.

When a woman takes a while to answer, do not read it as a verdict. People are busy, and a slow reply after a good exchange usually means her day got in the way. A relaxed, playful follow-up later does far more than a hurt one.

Writing on a phone keyboard

The phone makes lazy messages easy. "Haha nice" takes a second to type and gives her nothing to work with.

Take the extra ten seconds. React to one specific thing she said or showed, add something of your own, and leave her an easy way to answer. After a few good exchanges, suggest a place and a day. The app makes it tempting to keep chatting for weeks, and chatting for weeks is how a lot of good matches quietly fade out.

If you ever paid for Bumble on the web

If you bought something through the browser version, Bumble's refund page lists Bumble Web payments alongside card, Apple Pay and PayPal payments. It sends all of those to its support team for review. Purchases made through the App Store or Google Play go through Apple or Google instead.

That is the practical picture. The website is a front door now. The dating happens in the app, and the men who do well there give it the same care they once gave a desk and a quiet half hour.