---
title: Voice Chat
description: Explains how to use the Voice Chat feature.
---
Voice Chat is currently available to all 13+ phone number verified users in a specific set of countries. Review the [Voice Chat FAQ](https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405807645972-Voice-Chat-FAQs) to learn more. Users **not** in these countries should use [ID verification](https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/4407282410644) to enable chat with voice. Once verified, eligible 13+ phone verified users can opt‑in to use this feature by visiting their account **Settings** page or from within a voice enabled experience, allowing them to chat with voice in any Roblox experience that supports it. Experiences with voice often see an uplift in engagement, DAU, and spending.
**Voice Chat** is a feature enabling real-time, spoken communication between yourself and other players. It is only available for places that support a maximum of 50 players.
## Enable Voice Chat
Before you can enable Voice Chat in an experience, you must first [publish](../production/publishing/publish-experiences-and-places.md) it, then:
1. Open your experience in Studio.
1. Open **File** ⟩ **Experience Settings**.
1. Navigate to the **Communication** tab on the left side of the window.
1. Toggle **Enable Microphone** so the selector turns from gray to green.
1. For greater communication among players within your experience, toggle on **Enable Camera** to allow eligible players to animate their avatar with their movement.
1. [Publish](../production/publishing/publish-experiences-and-places.md) the place to save the changes.
Voice Chat will now be available to verified 13+ users who opt‑in to the feature, in every place within the experience that's set to a maximum of 50 players.
### Set maximum players
If you previously set the maximum number of players in a place to more than 50, you'll need to reduce it to support Voice Chat.
1. In the left-hand navigation of the **Experience Settings** window, select **Places**. Every place within your experience displays.
1. Click the **⋯** button next to the place with more than 50 players, then select **Configure Place**.
1. In the **Max Players** field, enter any number less than or equal to 50.
1. Click the **Save** button and then [publish](../production/publishing/publish-experiences-and-places.md) to save the changes.
When you update the maximum number of players in a place to fewer than 50, there may be servers already configured to a different, higher number. Since those servers won't support Voice Chat, it's recommended to [restart servers](../projects/update-experiences.md#restart-servers).
### Customize voice behavior
Voice Chat is **proximity-based** by default, adjusting the volume of participants based on how close they are to each other. However, you can set `Class.VoiceChatService.UseAudioApi|UseAudioApi` to `Enum.AudioApiRollout|Enabled` to take control over how voices are set up and used in your experience.
If `Class.VoiceChatService` does not appear already:
1. Right‑click in the **Explorer** window and select **Show Services…** from the context menu.
2. Select `Class.VoiceChatService` in the popup window and click **Insert**. The service appears in the **Explorer** hierarchy.
3. With `Class.VoiceChatService` selected, ensure that `Class.VoiceChatService.UseAudioApi|UseAudioApi` to `Enum.AudioApiRollout|Enabled` in the **Properties** window. This may already be done for you.
#### Team-based
To implement `Class.Team`-based chat where only teammates can hear one another, you can use the following `Class.Script` within `Class.ServerScriptService`:
```lua title="Team Chat"
local Teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local function findAudioInput(forPlayer : Player) : AudioDeviceInput?
-- Assumes there is only one AudioDeviceInput per player, parented to the Player object
-- This is provided for you if VoiceChatService.EnableDefaultVoice is true
-- May need to be reworked for generality if your place puts AudioDeviceInput objects elsewhere
return forPlayer:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("AudioDeviceInput")
end
local function onTeamChanged(player : Player)
local team = player.Team
if not team then return end
local device = findAudioInput(player)
if not device then return end
-- Only permit teammates to hear each other
device.AccessType = Enum.AccessModifierType.Allow
local allowed = {}
for _, player : Player in team:GetPlayers() do
table.insert(allowed, player.UserId)
end
device:SetUserIdAccessList(allowed)
end
local function onTeamAdded(team : Team)
team.PlayerAdded:Connect(onTeamChanged)
team.PlayerRemoved:Connect(onTeamChanged)
end
for _, team : Team in Teams:GetTeams() do
onTeamAdded(team)
end
Teams.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child : Instance)
if child:IsA("Team") then
onTeamAdded(child)
end
end)
```
#### Non-spatial
Depending on your experience's needs, it might make more sense to hear others with equal volume, regardless of their geographic location. If you [disable default Voice Chat](#disable-per-place), you can then implement non‑spatial Voice Chat through the following `Class.Script` within `Class.ServerScriptService`:
```lua title="Non-Proximity Chat"
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local function wireUp(source : Instance, target : Instance)
local wire = Instance.new("Wire")
wire.SourceInstance = source
wire.TargetInstance = target
wire.Parent = source
end
-- Set up a global volume slider for everybody's voice
local volumeSlider = Instance.new("AudioFader", Workspace)
local output = Instance.new("AudioDeviceOutput", Workspace)
wireUp(volumeSlider, output)
local function onPlayerAdded(player : Player)
local device = Instance.new("AudioDeviceInput", player)
device.Player = player
-- Route each new player's microphone input to the global volume slider
wireUp(device, volumeSlider)
end
for _, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
onPlayerAdded(player)
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)
```
The above script runs on the server, creating an `Class.AudioDeviceInput` per‑player and connecting them all to a shared `Class.AudioFader`. Taking this behavior as‑is allows players to hear all other players **and** themselves. Since hearing yourself can be quite distracting, you can place the following `Class.LocalScript` in `Class.StarterPlayerScripts` to remove the `Class.Wire|Wires` that would otherwise ferry your own voice back to your own speakers.
```lua title="LocalScript"
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local function onDescendantAdded(descendant : Instance)
if descendant:IsA("Wire") then
descendant:Destroy()
end
end
for _, descendant in player:GetDescendants() do
onDescendantAdded(descendant)
end
player.DescendantAdded:Connect(onDescendantAdded)
```
### Disable per place
If you don't want to enable Voice Chat for every place within your experience, you can disable it within specific places that would otherwise be voice‑eligible.
If you're currently setting a place's **Max Players** to a value over 50 in order to disable Voice Chat, it's recommended to use this workflow instead.
To disable Voice Chat for a specific place within an experience:
1. Right‑click in the **Explorer** window and select **Show Services…** from the context menu.
2. Select `Class.VoiceChatService` in the popup window and click **Insert**. The service appears in the **Explorer** hierarchy.
3. With `Class.VoiceChatService` selected, disable `Class.VoiceChatService.EnableDefaultVoice|EnableDefaultVoice` in the **Properties** window.
4. Publish the place to save the changes and [restart servers](../projects/update-experiences.md#restart-servers) to ensure the change takes effect for all servers currently running your experience.
## Check status
You can check if a player has enabled Voice Chat by calling `Class.VoiceChatService:IsVoiceEnabledForUserIdAsync()|IsVoiceEnabledForUserIdAsync()` in a `Class.LocalScript`, or in a `Class.Script` with `Class.BaseScript.RunContext|RunContext` set to `Enum.RunContext.Client`.
```lua title="Client Script - Check Voice Chat Status"
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local VoiceChatService = game:GetService("VoiceChatService")
local localPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local success, enabled = pcall(function()
return VoiceChatService:IsVoiceEnabledForUserIdAsync(localPlayer.UserId)
end)
if success and enabled then
print("Voice Chat enabled!")
end
```