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Roblox Studio: Open a Place and Find Beta Features

This chapter is the <strong>first Studio step</strong> before any October 2026 beta. File → Beta Features is where <a href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-upgraded-uishadow-capabilities/4934553">Upgraded UIShadow</a> and other Studio-only tools are switched on. The next chapter uses that menu. This one only gets you to a place you are allowed to edit.

Why this matters now

<strong>October 2026</strong> Studio betas ship behind a checkbox and a restart. Enabling one on the experience you already published is how a test setting reaches players. Open Studio, confirm which place is on screen, and learn the File menu before you touch a beta.

<strong>You will do:</strong> start Studio, open or create a place, and find Beta Features.

<strong>Time:</strong> about <strong>8 minutes</strong>.

Prerequisites

  • A Roblox account that can open <a href="https://create.roblox.com/docs">Roblox Studio</a>
  • Studio installed and signed in
  • No beta toggles yet

Open Studio

  • Launch <strong>Roblox Studio</strong>.
  • On the start page, choose <strong>New</strong> and pick the <strong>Baseplate</strong> template, or open a place you already own that is not your live game.
  • Wait until the viewport and the Explorer panel are both visible.

<strong>Check:</strong> the place name in the title bar is the one you just opened, not a teammate’s live experience.

Find File → Beta Features

  • Click <strong>File</strong> in the top menu.
  • Click <strong>Beta Features</strong>.
  • Read the list. Do not enable anything in this chapter.
  • Close the dialog with <strong>Cancel</strong> or the close control so you do not save a toggle by accident.

<strong>Check:</strong> you can open that dialog again without guessing. The <a href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/weekly-recap-october-12-18-2026/4938638">Oct 12–18 weekly recap</a> is where Roblox lists which betas went out that week. The dialog is where you turn one on.

Common mistakes

  • Editing the published live place because it was the most recent file.
  • Enabling every beta in the list “to see what’s new.”
  • Closing Studio from the beta dialog with <strong>Save</strong> when you only meant to look.

Where to go next

  • <strong>One text shadow on a copy:</strong> <a href="/guides/roblox-studio?chapter=roblox-studio-uishadow-beta-one-text-shadow-on-a-copy-preflight-2026-preflight">UIShadow beta — one text shadow on a copy place</a>
  • <strong>What the beta announced:</strong> <a href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-upgraded-uishadow-capabilities/4934553">Upgraded UIShadow capabilities</a>

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<strong>Beta Features is a switch, not a publish button.</strong> Open a place you can throw away, find the dialog, and leave every checkbox as you found it until the next chapter.