Jack Harrison-Quinana, Director of Grindr for Equality and VP of Social Impact at Grindr, said in a press release : "As we work to empower and improve the lives of the LGBTQ community on a global scale, Grindr Lite helps connect people with less bandwidth across the world that may not be able to otherwise. "It's also imperative that gay, bi, and trans people everywhere can connect with one another and have access to the health and safety resources they need, and we're proud to support that through Grindr Lite." The new version of the app will include the traditional profile-browsing and in-app messaging features, along with the PIN and Discreet App Icon which allows users to hide the Grindr icon. To protect daters living in countries with limited LGBTQ rights, the lite version does not reveal a user's distance.