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Roblox will let people use AI to make games on their phone

2026-07-16T13:26:35-04:00

Roblox is about to let people make games with AI right inside its mobile app, which could make a platform that's already filled with content of questionable quality feel even more overloaded. The company has embraced AI with open arms, including a preview of an ambitious take on AI world models similar to Google's Project Genie, an AI foundation model that developers can use to generate 3D game assets, and an AI assistant chatbot that can help developers while they're building games. The tools announced today will make using AI for Roblox game development far more accessible, though the company is starting small at first.

The new feature is …

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Roblox is shutting down its video chat service

2026-07-16T13:03:14-04:00

Roblox will be shutting down Roblox Connect, its video calling service introduced in 2023.

Roblox Connect let you video chat with other people using your Roblox avatar, which would be able to mimic the movements you were making in real life. You could also run around with people on the call in a shared virtual environment. But in a statement, the company says that users 13 and older "predominantly" chat via the platform's party voice chat functionality for calls.

"Roblox Connect is being discontinued today, including both the developer-facing APIs and the Roblox Connect feature itself," Roblox spokesperson Angela Allison tells The Verge. " …

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Roblox exec says ticking a box for age verification is ‘not enough anymore’

2026-06-15T12:08:29-04:00

Roblox's vice president of safety product policy, Eliza Jacobs, told NBC News that Roblox is "optimistic" that its new facial age estimation tech will "continue to get better," saying, "Ticking a box to say you're 13 or older, it's not enough anymore." NBC invited a group of kids to try out Roblox's new video selfie age check process, but they weren't able to get around it with a fake mustache. Jacobs claims Roblox's facial age estimates can typically land "within 1.4 years of a child's exact age."

Roblox announced plans in April to begin using its video selfie age estimation tech to sort players into age brackets. Users under 16 and unde …

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Roblox has games again

2026-04-13T05:24:42-04:00

Roblox is making a subtle but notable change. After swapping the word "game" for "experience" all over its website and mobile apps in 2021 while the Epic Games v. Apple trial was taking place, Roblox is getting more comfortable with using the term "games" once again.

"Over time, we've learned that 'experiences' isn't an intuitive term for many parents, older players, and game developers," Roblox spokesperson Juliet Chaitin-Lefcourt tells The Verge. "'Games' is clearer and better reflects what Roblox is and where we're going."

One of the Epic v. Apple trial's major points was trying to define what a game is. Roblox sits in a bit of a middle …

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Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old

2026-04-13T08:17:52-04:00

Roblox is about to make a big change to how you can access games on its platform: If you want to play any game that's intended for users nine or older, you will have to complete an age verification process. The shift is happening as part of a rollout of new Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts, which have different levels of protections for kids of different age groups.

Roblox has come under intense scrutiny over alleged child safety issues on the platform, and the company is the subject of multiple state lawsuits. The platform has introduced many features to attempt to make the platform a safer place for kids, including locking down sexu …

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Roblox is censoring chats with AI

2026-03-05T12:11:52-05:00

Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into more respectful language that remains closer to the user's original intent."

For instance, if a user posts "Hurry TF up!" in chat, Roblox's AI will alter the message to say "Hurry up!" instead. Whenever this happens, Roblox says "everyone in the chat is notified that the text has been rephrased to keep things civil. …

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Roblox is working to pull in adult players

2026-02-06T05:31:42-05:00

After rolling out age verification last year, Roblox is aiming to grow the number of players over 18 on its platform. As noted in its 2025 year-end earnings report, 45 percent of Roblox's daily active users have completed an age check as of January 31st. Of those who have verified their age, 27 percent are adults. Roblox also reported that this age category is spending more money on its platform than users under 18.

Roblox is planning to try to pull in more adult players by expanding certain "high-fidelity" genres on its platform, as the earnings report notes: "We are prioritizing some of the largest and highest-monetizing genres in the ga …

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Roblox calls its take on AI world models ‘real-time dreaming’

2026-02-04T11:02:02-05:00

Less than a week after Google showed off Project Genie, a tool powered by an AI world model that lets users generate interactive 3D experiences from prompts, Roblox is sharing some early ideas about how it wants to use AI world models and prompts to let creators generate experiences and change them in real time - something it calls "real-time dreaming."

Tech companies, including Google, Meta, and xAI, have been increasingly interested as of late in the idea that AI can help users make interactive experiences - even though creators of many kinds are pushing back against AI tools, a growing number of video game developers think generative AI …

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Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat

2026-02-24T14:41:15-05:00

Roblox is rolling out its previously announced requirement for all users to go through an age estimation process to be able to use the platform's chat features. The policy was announced in November 2025 and was rolled out to Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands in December, but now users will be prompted to complete an age check to be able to chat in "all regions where chat is available," Roblox says.

The company's facial scan age check process uses technology from Persona, which is also used by Reddit. If a user wants to appeal the result of their age check, they can also verify their age via ID verification, and a parent can also u …

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Roblox will require age estimation to chat starting next year

2025-11-18T01:17:50-05:00

Roblox will soon require that users go through an age estimation process if they want to be able to chat with other people on the platform. The requirement will be in effect for all users starting in early January.

Roblox has come under significant scrutiny over child safety on the platform, with multiple states filing lawsuits this year against the company. The plan to require age estimation for chats is just one of several safety-related announcements the company has made in recent months.

Beginning in the first week of December, Roblox will require users in some markets, including Australia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, to go throu …

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