Roblox is introducing a new voice chat feature called “Spatial Voice,” starting with an invitation-only beta for select developers, the gaming platform announced on Thursday.

Spatial Voice is active in Roblox now, and players who have verified that they are over 13 years of age will be able to turn this Roblox voice chat feature on or off (more on that later).

The company is inviting an initial group of 5,000 developers, all 13 and older, to try out the new spatial voice chat capabilities in a custom-built Roblox community space.

That indicates that that user is also using voice chat. Note that even if your account is already age-verified, you'll have to manually enable Spatial Voice Chat, as it is disabled by default.

A new feature called spatial voice is coming to Roblox, as an invitation only beta started yesterday (September 2) for developers on the platform. One of the aims with Roblox‘s spatial voice is ...

Roblox introduces an age verification process for its users. The process is applicable for those who wish to try out spatial voice features on its user-generated content.

The verification process will use a combination of facial recognition tech, ID verification, and parental consent.

Voice chat arrives in Roblox - here's everything you need to know about Spatial Voice.

With spatial voice, users will be able to speak with other people nearby through live voice chat. Roblox sees its new voice product as a natural extension of the way that text chat works now, but ...

With spatial voice, users will be able to speak with other people nearby through live voice chat. Roblox sees its new voice product as a natural extension of the way that text chat works now, but ...