Roblox Corporation announced a suite of new tools to revolutionize digital connection and age-based communication on the platform. The new features include: Trusted Connections: Users 13 and older can connect and chat more freely with people they know and trust, fostering positive interactions. Age Estimation: Introducing new age estimation technology that helps confirm users' ages and unlocks Trusted Connections.
Privacy and Well-being Tools: Users will have more ways to manage notifications, screen time, and privacy. Insights for Parents of Teens: New tools for transparency into their teen's Roblox experience, including spend notifications, insight into who their teen is connected with, and screen-time stats. Roblox users connect with people they already know in real life, and with players they meet in Roblox experiences.
To better reflect how Roblox users connect and interact, it's renaming Friends to Connections across the platform. And building on this, Roblox is introducing Trusted Connections for eligible users 13 and older. Age Estimation unlocks access to Trusted Connections, enabling age-verified Trusted Connections to chat without filters.
To provide additional safeguards between people who've met on platform and are further apart in age, teens aged between 13 and 17 can only add adult users (18+) they know in real life as Trusted Connections, using a QR scan or Contact Importer. To balance independence with safety, Roblox is introducing a new suite of tools designed to empower teens to manage their digital lives confidently, including Online Status Controls, Do Not Disturb Mode, and Screen-Time Insights and Controls. Valuable partners, including Roblox's teens Council and Trust and Safety Advisory Board, helped shape these initiatives.
