If you are a Roblox player, you had terrible news in recent days, the Roblox Voice Chat Blocked! But don't worry, here you will discover why both Roblox voice and text chat are blocked and how to unblock it even without meeting the requirements!
First, don't worry! It's not a bug or that you are being penalized, risking having your account banned, the chat was blocked for everyone, understand more below:
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Why was Roblox Voice Chat blocked?
Both Roblox chats (voice and text) began to be officially blocked on January 7th, due to Roblox's new security rules for child protection, avoiding the risk of inappropriate contact between children and adults within the platform.
This restriction came due to various complaints and reports around the world for cases of predators using the platform to groom minors.
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Groups based on age range
To unblock the chat now, it is necessary to do a photo verification, where the platform will examine the user's photo and estimate the age. Thus, the platform will create age-based groups, where it will be possible to interact only with the same group. The groups are as follows:
- Under 9 years old: They are prohibited from using Voice and Text Chat!
- Teenagers (9-17 years old): They can use the chats, and can talk with the same group, the groups are divided between:
- Adults (18+): They need to do facial recognition and send a document to release access to the chats.
Check below the groups separated by age, and with whom they can interact within Roblox:
It will not be possible for minors to interact via text or voice chat with older people in the new system. And minors under 13 years old will need parental approval to unblock the chat.
How to Unblock Roblox Voice Chat
When you access the platform, you will receive a message in pop-up to unblock the chat, if you don't receive it, just follow the steps below. I will teach how to unblock on the main platforms where Roblox is played:
- On Android or iOS, go to More in the bottom menu, scroll down to find Settings; On computer, PlayStation and Xbox click on the gear at the top to open settings.
- Click on Privacy and content restrictions;
- Select Communication and Experience Chat;
- Click to activate the Experience Chat. With this, a window will appear asking to do the verification to unblock the chat;
How to do the Verification
In the pop-up asking to do the verification click continue, with this a new tab will open with information to verify via the camera, all photos and videos will be deleted as soon as you confirm the verification, so don't worry. Click continue again until the mobile camera opens. If it asks for permission to access the camera, photos, or smartphone files, allow it.
With the camera open, find a well-lit place, preferably with a white background, and follow the verification steps presented on the screen, center your face, turn to the sides as requested.
The Roblox system will verify the sent images to compare and estimate if the age provided when creating the Roblox account matches the face.
Under 9 years old: when starting the verification, the guardian will be requested. Click the “ask now” button and provide the guardian's email. The guardian will receive an email asking for information to confirm the guardian's identity using an identity document or credit card. Once done, they can click “allow” and the child will be able to continue the verification normally in the steps informed above.
Is there a way to bypass the Roblox Voice Chat Verification?
It is impossible at the moment to use the chat without doing the verification, it will remain blocked until verified. Yes, there are ways to bypass, and it's not very difficult, and over time more and more methods will be discovered, invented by the community.
Bypassing is not difficult, for example, you can ask another person to verify, just be careful with the age provided when creating the account and the age of the person verifying. For example, you are 10 years old, created the account with your age and ask your father to verify, it won't work!
Until now, it is not known how to completely bypass the verification, and it's good not to do it, after all it's for your own safety. But even if you bypass the age verification, there is still the limitation of talking only with people in your age range, this cannot be bypassed.
Risks of Bypassing the verification
Besides the risks that you may end up exposing yourself on the platform by avoiding the implemented security methods, there is a clear risk of having your account banned on the platform. After all, this new security layer is exactly to prevent malicious adults from interacting with children. And if you bypass this, you may end up triggering Roblox's alert, leading to your account being banned.
Any method that bypasses the rules imposed by the platform can result in total account ban, from the use of scripts, third-party software to gain advantage, or bypass security methods!
Alternatives to Voice Chat
An alternative to Voice Chat for those who don't want to do the verification already exists and is widely used by the community. Using third-party tools, which is already more common than normal. Use Discord to make calls with friends, or WhatsApp.
DO NOT JOIN CALLS WITH UNKNOWN PEOPLE! Interact both on Roblox and on other platforms only with acquaintances, and in any suspicion, weird conversation, or insistence even from friends, show the conversations to your guardians!
Conclusion
Here you discovered how the new security layer that ended up blocking Roblox voice chat, even if temporarily. Roblox implemented this security amid various investigations and reports worldwide of malicious people interacting with children through Roblox experiences.
The new limitation of Roblox text and voice chat that after verification will allow interaction only between accounts with a similar age range. Adults in general, will be able to interact only with adults.
Bypassing this security can end up leading to your account being banned, or at least be futile. After all, if you are a child and do verification as an adult, you will not be able to interact with your friends using underage accounts.
