Chat restrictions rolled out to Australia, NZ and Netherlands

This past week saw the rollout of chat restrictions requiring age checks in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands creating some very quiet servers for those players. Will their sacrifice shape facial age estimation for the rest of the platform?

We also saw a suite of improvements to Roblox Communities making them more suitable for paid work, Product Intelligence APIs just in time to make the most of the holiday spending, and better dashboards and tools for developers to create.

It's nearly Christmas and we're taking off a few weeks for the holidays. We'll be back 14 January 2026 with a look ahead at what Roblox has promised next year, so turn on notifications or join our Discord server (https://discord.lastlevel.co.uk) to know as soon as it's released.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:10) Chat Restrictions - Initial Rollout

(13:32) Communities - Private Member Lists

(15:37) Communities - CSV Uploads for Payouts

(16:39) Communities - Updated Payout Workflow

(18:34) Communities - 'Monetize Experience' Permission

(19:03) Communities - Transferring Experiences

(22:00) Roblox Trivia

(24:35) Studio - Product Intelligence APIs

(28:58) Creator Hub - MessagingService Dashboard

(31:49) Creator Hub - Performance Dashboard

(32:29) Studio - Reimport Update

(33:41) Adaptive Animation - Studio Beta

(34:20) Studio - StudioTestService

(36:29) Outro

Season 3 Episode 11

Sources:

Chat restrictions rolling out 'down under'

- https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/12/safety-snapshot-age-checks-for-chat

- https://x.com/TheNexusAvenger/status/1996335504472875411

Text chat matchmaking signal

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/updates-to-matchmaking-introducing-the-new-text-chat-signal/4116099

Community member list privacy

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/upcoming-changes-to-groups-api/4109666

Managing group revenue and experience ownership

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/managing-your-group-revenue-and-experience-ownerships-just-became-a-lot-easier/4114133

Product Intelligence APIs

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/personalize-recommended-passes-and-developer-products-in-your-experience-with-product-intelligence-apis/4115619

MessagingService observability dashboard

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/announcing-messaging-service-observability-dashboard/4121705

Out of memory exits and place version performance dashboard

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/analytics-monitor-out-of-memory-exits-and-more-by-place-version/4115841

Reimport beta update

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/reimport-beta-update-rigs-avatars-bones-joints-cages-dynamic-heads/4112031

Adaptive animation beta

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-adaptive-animation-seamlessly-play-animations-across-various-rigs/4116008

StudioTestService release

- https://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-studiotestservice/4116257

Hosts:

- Adam (BanTech): https://lastlevel.co.uk/adam

- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile

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