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Roblox is shutting down its video chat service

Roblox is shutting down its video chat service
The Verge Wednesday 15 July 2026, 20:02 UTC By Jay Peters 1 min read
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Roblox will be shutting down Roblox Connect, its video calling service introduced in 2023. Roblox Connect let you video chat with other people using your Roblox avatar, which would be able to mimic the movements you were making in real life. You could also run around with people on the call in a shared virtual environment.

Roblox will be shutting down Roblox Connect, its video calling service introduced in 2023.

Roblox Connect let you video chat with other people using your Roblox avatar, which would be able to mimic the movements you were making in real life. You could also run around with people on the call in a shared virtual environment. But in a statement, the company says that users 13 and older "predominantly" chat via the platform's party voice chat functionality for calls.

"Roblox Connect is being discontinued today, including both the developer-facing APIs and the Roblox Connect feature itself," Roblox spokesperson Angela Allison tells The Verge. " …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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