Weekly Recap: May 11 to May 15, 2026

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Key Takeaways

StyleQuery + enhanced styling features and the Speech-to-Text API (now with 16 additional languages) have been fully released. Cross-Server Chat and Chat Summaries also went live globally, while updated safety policies will restrict Social Hangouts, Free-form User Creation, and Sensitive Issues content to ID-verified 16+ users starting May 19. We also introduced a one-time 1,000 Robux publishing fee as an alternative to a Plus subscription for reaching users under 16, expanded SLIM to platform avatars, and previewed near-term changes to the Transfers API including a 10,000 Robux monthly limit for 2SV-secured accounts.

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Betas and Tests

[Studio Beta] Team Test Remote Breakpoints

  • You can now set breakpoints on server scripts during Team Test sessions, enabling real-time server debugging without leaving Studio. This feature is available as a Studio Beta.

[Studio Beta] New UI Capabilities: Shadows & Individual Corners!

  • Two new native UI capabilities are now in Studio Beta: drop shadows and per-corner rounding for UICorner.
  • These give you more expressive control over how your interfaces look, without needing image assets or complex workarounds.

Updates and Announcements

[Full Release] StyleQuery + More Styling Features!

  • StyleQuery and enhanced pseudoinstance styling are now fully released and available in all experiences. StyleQuery has been removed from the Beta Features tab since all developers now have automatic access.
  • Added PreferredTextSize to the list of supported global device queries, alongside ViewportDisplaySize and PreferredInput, letting UI adapt to player text size preferences.
  • Style Editor workflow improvements: organize StyleSheets with folders, smarter search across all StyleRules, and streamlined global query addition with auto-populated selectors.

Alternate Publishing Requirements for Roblox Kids and Select

  • On May 19, our new publishing requirements will begin rolling out. We’re adding a one-time, refundable publishing fee of 1,000 Robux per game, as an alternative to having a Plus/Premium subscription to publish to all ages.

Introducing Support for Platform Avatars in SLIM

  • SLIM now supports R15 platform avatars which allows player avatars to be rendered with LoDs and animations when they are streamed out.
  • You can enable SLIM for platform avatars by setting Workspace.EnableSLIMAvatars to Enabled. EnableSLIMAvatars will be available once you enable Instance Streaming through Workspace.StreamingEnabled.

Analytics: New Explore page with calculated metrics, overlays, smoothing and custom tables

  • You can find your custom events under Analytics > Explore now. On Explore page, you can create custom charts with: calculated metrics using multiple custom events, overlays with benchmarks or previous periods, 7 day smoothing to remove weekly seasonality, and new graph types and custom tables.

Cross-Server Chat and Chat Summaries Are Now Live, Plus Chat Roadmap Updates

  • We’re launching Cross-Server Chat and Chat Summaries globally.
  • We’re also sharing an update of our roadmap, following the launch of age checks to chat.

Avatar Auto-Setup Update: New Support for Eyebrows, Decal Faces, and Higher Fidelity Rigs

  • Avatar Auto-Setup now supports eye assets, Decal-like face conversion, and extended R15 rigs.
  • These updates reduce manual rigging time and improve performance via parallel processing.

Protect Your Games with Script Capabilities Sandboxing

  • Studio now automatically prevents high-risk capabilities usage by default on assets inserted from the Creator Store to stop hidden code from executing in your experience.
  • This new sandboxing feature will ensure that legitimate assets work seamlessly while also preventing hidden capability abuse through assets inserted from the marketplace.

Update on Roblox Plus Transfers and Community Gifting

  • We appreciate the community feedback we’ve received regarding the Transfers API, which we designed specifically to facilitate personal gifting with a 0% platform fee.

  • As a first step toward that goal, beginning next week, users with 2-Step Verification enabled and in good standing will become eligible for an increased monthly transfer limit of 10,000 Robux.

  • To provide more autonomy, transfers between users aged 16+ will no longer require parental approval in most regions starting next month.

  • By Fall 2026, a new parental control will allow parents to set daily and monthly transfer limits. Later this year, we’ll roll out a Trusted Friends feature where after Parents approve Trusted Friends once, transfers will go through immediately. Parents can stay informed and can revoke whenever they like.

[UPDATE] [Full Release] Speech-to-Text API

  • The API now supports 16 additional languages beyond English — including Arabic, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Thai, and Vietnamese — with automatic language detection and no code changes required.
  • If you’re already using this API in your game, no changes need to be made.

[UPDATE] Strengthening Our Safety Policies and Tools

  • Starting May 19, Social Hangouts, Free-form User Creation, and Sensitive Issues content will be restricted to ID-verified 16+ users (raised from 13+), aligning with Roblox Kids and Select account protections.
  • Developers building private spaces like bedrooms and bathrooms are encouraged to implement single-occupancy logic to prevent violations; Berry Avenue’s open-sourced Private Space Claiming System is provided as a reference tool.

[UPDATE] How we are improving Home this year

  • Tests of gameplay videos in Standout Games (+47% quality plays, +1.09% playtime) are now expanding into the Recommended For You section, with creators encouraged to upload short clips of authentic, current gameplay rather than cinematic or voice-over edits.

Release Notes

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Insane rate of changes. Unsure how we are meant to keep on top of this.

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Lots of good stuff this week. Is ResampleMode for SurfaceAppearances coming out next week?

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i might actually lose it on may 19th

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Im more focused on SLIM and the 1,000 robux fee alternative. When i finally get my hands on a great game idea this is going to be so useful and i don’t have to monetize my game because its a one time fee.

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Now we’re kinda talking, this feels a little better now that I can pay one-time. This eases the pressure a little bit and I feel having this alternative option will hopefully make the platform a little better.

For next updates I have a few suggestions:

Option to revert to the older studio UI

  • I have always loved the old studio UI because it’s super easy to use and user friendly. The new UI is a bit tacky, but adding an option to revert to the old studio UI would make the experience so much easier. (Includes creator store layout)

For now, Roblox has improved a bit, and I hope it does because it’s pretty much the only game I enjoy for now.

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Uhh, why? Seriously, why? What’s the point of Social Hangouts? Are you suggesting <16 users to just play? What’s the point of chatting in Roblox, then? Sure, it’s for safety. However, I don’t find it as a safe method. How 13+ users are supposed to find new friends in The Internet if they don’t want to play something? I mean, you can make new friends in game itself like in Arsenal, grg and more. But, this? It’s ridiculous.

What if I want to show creativity? Of course, I have to wait for 16+ age rank. The purpose is breaking itself.

Sensitive Issues? What if I’m interested in it? I mean Parental Control is required for <13 users for now. However, how do I do access it now in 19th May? Simply! Just invite your parents, despite that you’re 13-15.

Roblox, I understand that you must to improve the safety. Maybe, you could just make moderation better? Making the limits is not really an good choice.

Overall, I see this safety update stupid.

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If you want to make games more attractive to older players, add UI BLUR. This will allow us to create better UIs. :folded_hands::folded_hands::folded_hands:

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Hello, I apologize for posting in the wrong thread, but I’m completely out of options and really need help with my main account can @Bluff_006 please assist me, and I will provide any details if needed?

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How is no one talking about the class...end syntax. Is this going to be released soon? Please tell us!

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It doesn’t fit together somehow?

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Last: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/weekly-recap-april-26-30-2026/4613373/8

Misc

There were not many changes, maybe fixes. But not many changes…

Profiles will eventually have “Backgrounds” soon? Descriptions can appear in Violation & Appeals now, e.g. Accessory Description, I guess?

Otherwise, there was nothing… :thinking:

Oh wait nevermind. Editing

iOS

Roblox will not deprecate iOS 14 anymore, and continue supporting it. However, iOS 13 will go away.

Starting on June 5th, 2026, Roblox will no longer support iOS 13. Please upgrade your device to iOS 14 or higher to continue playing.

Catalog

A timer? :thinking:

Safety

New reports website: https://www.roblox.com/non-consensual-intimate-imagery-removal-request

Parents Control stuff, like

Ask your parent to unlock this game for you.

Free Item?

Age check complete, get your free item.

Get this item with an age check.

Not sure what item yet.

Private Servers

Some kind of feature where you can only join if the host is inside of a private server?

You can join once the host is in this private server.

Cross-Platform Play

You can now use Roblox on Xbox One with people on every platform including Desktop, Phone, and Tablet!

This means you’ll see more people and you can explore with your friends, no matter what device they’re using! This option can be updated in Account Settings.

And apparently you can connect your Roblox Account to Xbox Live.

There’s also some kind of… unlocking?

Now that you’ve visited 5 Featured experiences, you can access the full selection of experiences created by community members just like you!

Go to the Discover screen to see all the new experiences you’ve unlocked!

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Seems like they’ve been slowly rolling out features from the Feature Request where ResampleMode for SurfaceAppearances was mentioned. (I check this page way too much!)

It’ll likely be released soon!

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I dont get the point of “Cross server chat”. There is no point when not rlly many people use it.

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Roblox for how many months i need to wait to get chat back ? just text chat at least it’s been over 1 year without chat i can’t talk with anyone

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You can only view system messages ??
what’s the point of age verify ?

please at least give some updates or news am losing hope to get chat again each game feels like empty desert :crying_cat:

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You don’t have chat because your country likely threatened to ban the whole platform if they didn’t remove chat for all users there.

There’s nothing you can do, and there’s not much roblox can do either; they’re at the mercy of the government.

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i think because roblox did not have my country language supported i remember roblox said they working with each government but still zero updates.

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