ROBLOX IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS VIDEO CHAT SERVICE

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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. 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.

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Topic: TECH — the feed headline centres on ROBLOX, SHUTTING, DOWN, VIDEO, CHAT.
Original feed: The Verge.
Published: 15 Jul 2026, 21:02 UK.
Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.

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The Verge: Roblox will be shutting down Roblox Connect, its video calling service introduced in 2023.
The Verge: 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.
The Verge: You could also run around with people on the call in a shared virtual environment.
The Verge: But in a statement, the company says that users 13 and older "predominantly" chat via the platform's party voice chat functionality for calls.
The Verge: "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.

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