Would it be possible to see some visual examples of what can be achieved with this new constraint?
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Here’s a little demo if any of you are having trouble visualizing it like I was.
Note: This is only the default behavior, hop in studio and mess around with the properties yourself!
Edit: Ignore the craziness in the beginning, the framerate of the GIF recorder I used made it look wacky.
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Edit: Roblox has edited their original post and included an example so my comment is now redundant. 
For those wondering, the UniversalConstraint is replicating the behaviour of a mechanism such as shown in the picture below. It’s like a combination of two hinges that acts similarly to a BallSocket with the exception that it can only rotate on 2 axis, compared to 3 axis with the BallSocket.
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I personally wanna use this for things like “the force” from Star Wars with this constraint.
Here’s an example that I made with my nerdiness of Star Wars:
It’s sloppy, but I think it’s get’s the point across.
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Such a great update, its good to see roblox making good updates like that.
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Here, Orange being the UniversalConstraint and Blue the BallSocket.
You’ll notice that there is a rotation that the orange doesn’t accept compared to the blue one.
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This brings a whole new utillity to studio. This makes up for some of the less useful features as of late. Im already thinking of many practical applications for this, as mentioned in this article car physics demonstrations 
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Thanks Roblox 
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just added these to my game astromakers. not sure what they can be used for but always good to have more options for mechanical blocks!
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Here is another example;
Making a constant velocity joint to transfer rotation from one axis to another one when they are not aligned. This is possible with two universal joints (see this article)
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Awesome!
It should allow things like instead of having 4 different HingeConstraints driving 4 different wheels and the issues that example has with wheel spin (for example when driving over a large sharp item sometimes 1 or 2 wheels will spin while the others will be over-limit for their torque and won’t rotate so the vehicle gets stuck).
I actually built a realistic universal joint that functions with a couple of HingeConstraints on the center driveshaft for my front end loader here: Construction Site. Most control bugs fixed! - Roblox
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@mileniux89 will this behave as a true universal joint, or will it be more like a CV joint in operation?
If a universal joint has the driving shaft rotating at a constant rpm the driven shaft (at larger angles) will rotate at a varying speed, slowing down and speeding up during a single 360 degree rotation.
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Right, this is indeed a universal joint. The CV joint mentioned above is just one example achieved by combining multiple universal constraints and parts. So for universal constraint a constant rotation speed on the driver shaft does not translate into the same rotational velocity on the driven shaft.
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I have a quick question does this mean that the ball socket constraint will get removed?
I know this one is new and more useful, But the ball socket has more properties will those properties get moved over?
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Not at all! This is a new constraint that you can apply to build new things while still using ballSocket and other constraints.
We can definitely add more features to this new constraint later on once we receive some feedback from developers about how they use the constraint and how we can improve its functionality
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Ahh okay i understand but one more thing compared to the other popular constraints this one only has a few properties. Will there be more in the future?
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I wonder if I tweening models using this feature is more performant than tweening using Tween Service.
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this is cool, I only played around with ropes but I wouldn’t mind trying to do more with the constraints.
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Beginners can see how the balance remains out of balance when specifying points.
“It is difficult to set the exact point”
I will probably not use this but I am excited to see the ways people use this constraint.
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Awesome update! I like the way that roblox is focussing on physics. Im soo excited to create a swing with this 
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