
Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK
Tom Warren
created: July 28, 2025, 5:29 p.m. | updated: July 29, 2025, 11:33 a.m.
Microsoft is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by prompting Xbox players to verify their age today.
The prompts will be shown to Xbox players who indicate they’re over the age of 18 and will be shown when you sign into an Xbox account in the UK.
Microsoft says it’s also exploring bringing similar age verification tools to other countries in the future.
To power the age verification in the UK, Microsoft is partnering with Yoti, which is one of the services that hasn’t fallen victim to the Death Stranding photo mode bypass.
If you don’t verify your age between now and early next year, social features “will become limited to friends only” until the age verification process has been completed.
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