Roblox Voice Chat: How It Works and the Risks

What Changed

Roblox offers an optional voice chat feature in supported experiences. Roblox's help pages say it is for eligible users aged 13 or over who have completed an age check (facial age estimation, or ID), that it is not switched on by default, and that it may not be available in every region; Roblox says phone verification no longer counts. Most Roblox pages say voice chat is not available to under-13s, and Ofcom noted on 21 May 2026 that Roblox had already turned voice chat off for under-13s, but Roblox's pages do not all agree about 9 to 12-year-olds, so check your child's actual settings. Voice chat means real-time spoken conversation with other players, who can be strangers and adults, and moderating live audio is inherently harder than moderating filtered text chat. Age verification also cannot guarantee who is actually speaking on either end of a conversation.

What to Review

• •Check together whether your child has completed an age check and whether voice chat is switched on (the headphone icon, or the Voice Chat toggle in an experience's settings), and turn it off unless you are comfortable with it.

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