Following accusations of grooming and predatory behavior experienced by its younger-skewing users, Roblox rolled out new ...

Typing “NOOOO!” just doesn’t hit the same as screaming it. Roblox knew that. That’s why in November 2021, they rolled out the voice chat feature — a literal game-changer. By early 2025, over 11.2 ...

Roblox writes that to better reflect how its users connect and interact, it is renaming Friends to Connections. There will ...

The company will use age verification to unlock the feature, which still restricts adolescents from unfiltered chats with ...

To that end, Roblox is taking careful but decisive steps toward weaving voice chat into the platform’s core experience. With spatial voice, users will be able to speak with other people nearby ...

Roblox isn't the only one pursuing AI-powered voice moderation. At GDC 2024, for instance, we spoke with two software makers working on machine learning systems to help with voice chat moderation.

Keeping it restricted to the “Party” system is a smart play because it ensures, at least for the moment, that the chat will only be between friends and people you “know” within the game.