Gaming · iOS & Android
How to Set Up Face Tracking in Roblox Mobile
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Answer
Open an experience's details and check About > Communication for Camera, then join it, allow Roblox camera access, and turn on the in-experience camera control. The experience and your equipped avatar head must support facial animation; Roblox disables this feature on Android devices with 3 GB of RAM or less, and voice chat is separate and optional.
Check that the experience supports Camera
In the Roblox mobile app, open the experience's details and expand About. Under Communication, confirm Camera is listed; Microphone alone means the experience supports voice but not movement-based avatar animation.
Equip a head that can animate
Open Avatar, then Customize or Marketplace > Heads and Body > Style. Choose a head whose thumbnail has Roblox's winking-face facial-animation icon, then return to the camera-enabled experience.
Join and grant camera access
Tap Play to join the experience and select Allow when iOS or Android asks whether Roblox may use the camera. Grant Camera only for this feature; microphone permission is optional and is needed only if you also choose eligible voice chat.
Restore a permission you previously denied
On iPhone or iPad, open Settings > Privacy & Security > Camera and turn on Roblox; it appears only after requesting access. On Android, open the device's app settings for Roblox and allow Camera, then return to the experience.
Turn on avatar animation for this session
Use the in-experience camera control to turn the camera input on; Roblox starts camera and microphone inputs off when you join. Open the top-left Roblox menu and Self View if you want to watch your avatar react.
Verify facial movement
Face the device in steady light and blink, smile, or turn your head. In Self View or on your avatar, confirm the equipped head mirrors those movements; a microphone icon without a camera icon does not verify face tracking.
Turn the camera off when finished
Open the Roblox menu inside the experience and select the Camera icon to disable avatar animation. Roblox says the facial video and analysis stay on the device, and the real-time animation data is deleted after use.
Video walkthrough
If it does not work
- If Camera is absent from About > Communication, choose a different experience whose creator enabled Camera; a user setting cannot add support to that experience.
- If Camera is listed but the avatar does not move, confirm camera permission is on and equip a head with the winking-face facial-animation icon before retrying.
- If the camera control is unavailable on Android with 3 GB of RAM or less, Roblox intentionally disables the feature for performance; use a device with more than 3 GB rather than trying to bypass the limit.
Sources and verification
Checked against official documentation on . Scope: iOS, Android.
Roblox documents current camera-enabled experience checks, compatible heads, session controls, device limits, and on-device processing. The retained video is supplementary because feature eligibility and mobile controls have changed since 2023.