Microsoft integrated the optional age verification system in Great Britain to follow the newly implemented online security act, with the long -term consequences that some social functions on Xbox will be constrained in Great Britain for people who have not verified from the beginning of 2026.
As he outlined on Xbox Wire News StoryFrom today, “players who indicate their age as 18 or more, based in Great Britain, and signing the Xbox experience with the Microsoft account will begin to see notifications encouraging them to verify their age.”
“Starting from the beginning of next year, age verification will be required for these players in Great Britain to maintain full access to social functions on Xbox, such as voice or text communication and invitations to the game. Players who do not verify their age between now and early 2026, they can continue to play and enjoy Xbox. However, they will be constrained to Xbox. Friends, as long as the verification of the age will not complete.
The amusing thing is that game shopping will not affect the least. Little Timmy can buy in an 18-regulated game, such as Grand Theft Auto 5 without face verification-can be using gift cards-but it will not be able to talk to other people online. Only that it will continue, because social functions for friends will still be possible, and there must be a object for people under 18 to make friends with chat and invitations.
Age verification will be possible using “proof of the identifier issued by the government, age estimation, checking the mobile provider and credit card control”, and Microsoft ensures that “information information provides during the age verification process is protected with encryption of standards in the industry and is not stored or used for any other purpose.”
Microsoft has established cooperation with Yoti in assessing the age of the face, whose face Norman Reedus was not cheated by Norman Reedus, as at the weekend.
The Online Safety Act in Great Britain was elected and granted the royal consent at the previous Government of Tories in 2023, and the planned implementation of July 2025 means that it enters into force under the current work of work. It can be glaring and for now, extremely inadming to all the main things he tried to block, but it is also potentially a precursor of similar regulations that are proposed in other countries and regions – the EU and we consider themselves similar, we are simply thinking in the future and futuristic in Great Britain.
Microsoft says that “we will continue to assess how we can ensure the safety of players around the world and learn from the process in Great Britain. We expect that in the future we will introduce age verification processes to more regions. There is no universal solution of players’ safety, so these methods may look different in regions and experiences.”
Source: Wire Xbox
