The gaming giant described the rollout as a "significant milestone" toward achieving the "gold standard for communication ...

Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a ...

Players under 9 years old will have chat turned off by default unless a parent approves its use after age verification.

Roblox is tightening access to its chat features by rolling out mandatory facial age verification worldwide, following months ...

Roblox began requiring the age check for chat access in December in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, following ...

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

In early January 2026, Roblox introduced mandatory global age verification for all users to access chat, using facial age ...

ROBLOX is now beginning to launch a mandatory age-check scheme for all users around the world. If players of the hit game don ...

The chatting feature can now only be unlocked by completing a facial age check within Roblox’s application. This system ...

Further to the voluntary age checks rolled out to "limit communication between minors and adults" back in November, ...

Roblox has made facial verification mandatory for all users worldwide to access chats, following child safety concerns and ...

The system is tiered in six bands from under 9 to over 21. Users who want to chat will be allowed to interact with those in ...