Voice chat was confirmed for Roblox during an investor day call in early 2021. However, the release date still only has a trail of clues behind it rather than a full date. While many of Roblox's...
Spatial voice chat is nothing new as it can be heard a lot in games like Among Us and Sea of Thieves. The team at Roblox wanted to tackle the issue of children’s’ safety by requiring players to be the minimum age of 18 in order to use the spatial voice chat function.
Yes, voice chat is coming to Roblox. It was confirmed that voice chat is coming to Roblox during the studio’s Investor Day meeting on February 26th, but the feature has reportedly been in development since 2019.
“Roblox,” the gaming platform accessed daily by more than 43 million active users, many of them children, is garnering complaints from users, parents and privacy advocates after granting large groups of players access to a new voice chat feature last week.
It was confirmed that voice chat is coming to Roblox during the studio’s Investor Day meeting on February 26th, but the feature has reportedly been in development since 2019.
Callum Smith. Roblox is one of the most popular games available with Adopt Me having been played 20 billion times all on its own. It has an incredibly active and vocal community online across all social media platforms, and these fans have reacted to the proposition of voice chat.
As nearly half of Roblox's player base consists of users over the age of 13, how to properly manage the safety of younger users has remained a concern. In a blog post, Roblox stated that the spatial voice feature will only be accessible to those who have verified that they are over the age of 13.
Once you've verified your age, voice chat can be toggled on and off within the setting menu. On PC, look for the gear icon in the upper right hand corner, then from the drop down menu click Settings. From settings, locate the Privacy tab from the menu on the left.
As of now, there's been no official statement regarding what can and can't be said over voice chat. Currently, swearing receives no form of punishment or censoring by Roblox—this will more than likely change however as the kinks continue to be worked out.
Whether you view it as unfortunate or not, not every Roblox experience will feature voice chat compatibility. The decision is completely up the individual game developers as to whether or not they want to allow it. If you're looking for a game to try out voice chat, Mic Up appears to be the current favorite.
Spatial Voice Beta is a new feature that allows people to communicate in Roblox as naturally as they communicate in the physical world.
Eligible, age-verified, age 13+ users will see a microphone icon next to the user name and above the avatar of other users that have voice chat enabled. Users will not otherwise be able to see who does or does not have Spatial Voice.
You can mute another user in a Spatial Voice experience by clicking the microphone icon that will appear over their avatar’s head. Mutes only apply to voice chat and not text chat and will only last while you are in that experience session.