Roblox just announced a major change aimed at younger users, which could reshape how kids experience the popular gaming platform. Essentially, the company rolled out two new age-based account types: Roblox Kids for children ages 5 to 8 and Roblox Select for users 9 to 15.

Roblox has introduced changes to its child safety system, including tech that estimates users' ages and settings that limit access to certain features based on age.

Users in a Roblox Kids account will not have access to the chat function and will be limited to games with a "Minimal or Mild content maturity label " that has passed the company's three-step selectio...