Roblox — the hugely popular online gaming and creation platform with millions of users worldwide (especially kids and teens) — has now made it mandatory in India to verify your age before you can use chat features on the platform. This change is live as of January 14, 2026 and affects all players who want to send or receive messages or chat with other users within games and social experiences.

🔐 Why Roblox Is Doing This

Roblox says the move is part of a safety initiative to protect young players by making sure people can only communicate with others in appropriate age groups and to limit unsafe interactions between adults and children.

• The platform says it is the first major online gaming service to require age verification for chat.
• Roblox believes this will reduce harmful or inappropriate communication and create more age‑appropriate social experiences for everyone.

🧠 How the Age Check Works

Unlike simply entering your date of birth, Roblox’s new system uses age verification inside the app:

📌 Verification Methods

Facial Age Estimation:

Roblox asks you to use your phone camera within the app.

The system estimates your age based on physical features.

ID Verification (13+ only):

Players aged 13 or older can choose to verify using government ID like a driver’s license, passport, or other approved document.

🧒 Age Groups & Chat Rules

Once you complete the age check, Roblox places users into one of six age categories:

Age Group

Chat Access

Under 9

Chat is off by default; can be enabled only with parental consent after age check

9–12

Can chat with users in same and adjacent groups

13–15, 16–17, 18–20, 21+

Can chat with people in own and nearby age groups (with restrictions)

For example, a player aged 9–12 will be able to chat with users under 9 (if allowed), with other 9–12 players, and those 13–15, but not with adults far out of their age group.

📵 What Happens If You Don’t Verify?

• No chat access: You cannot send or receive messages until you complete the age check.
• You can still play games and explore Roblox, but social features like text and voice chat won’t work.

👨‍👩‍👧 For parents & Guardians

• Parents can use Roblox’s parental controls to see their child’s age check status, update birthdays, and manage safety settings.
• Accounts for children under 9 will remain chat‑disabled until a parent consents after verification.

📈 Global Background

This age‐check rollout isn’t unique to india — Roblox has already introduced similar requirements in countries like:

• Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands before India
• And is now expanding to other regions where chat is supported.

Roblox says more than half of its daily active users in early rollout countries have already completed the age verification.

🤔 What This Means for Players

🎯 Pros

✔️ Improved safety: Helps prevent unwanted contact between minors and adults.
✔️ Age‑appropriate communication: Chat is limited to similar age groups.
✔️ Parental oversight through account tools.

⚠️ Cons

❌ Some players find the system invasive or intrusive.
❌ There have been reports of errors in age estimation and frustration when users are placed in incorrect groups. (Criticism of accuracy and implementation has emerged in user discussions and media coverage.)

🧾 Summary — What You Need to Know

• Mandatory age check is now enforced in india for all Roblox users who want to chat with others.
• Verification uses facial estimation or ID upload and places users into age groups.
• Under 9s need parental permission to enable chat.
• Without verification, chat features are disabled — but gameplay still works.

✅ Bottom Line: Roblox’s age verification move in india is aimed at making the platform safer and reducing age‑inappropriate interactions, but it also means players must verify their age if they want to chat, reshaping the social side of the game.

 

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