PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:
- You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta. Featured servers may also be unavailable
- The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions
- Beta builds will likely be unstable and are not representative of final version quality. Please backup your Worlds before joining the beta
- Finished releases may not include all new features, changes, and fixes from the beta to preserve stability and may slip to a later release
New Features:
- Added basic Scoreboard functionality - Enable with the Experimental Gameplay toggle. More Scoreboard features will be coming in later releases
- Food can now be eaten in Creative mode and Peaceful difficulty
- Command Block functionality can now be toggled using the 'commandblocksenabled' game rule
Changes:
- Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat
- Typing "@" in chat will show an autocomplete list of player names
- Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen
Fixes:
- Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many Villagers were trying to open or enter (MCPE-34742)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack Explorer Maps when trading with a Cartographer Villager
- Fixed a crash that occurred when a Trident with Channeling was shot from a Dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm
- It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
- If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet. The pet doesn't need to be re-tamed with items (MCPE-33152)
- Monster Spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion (MCPE-32657)
- Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
- Rails are once again broken by flowing water
- Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater
- Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted Trident with Riptide (MCPE-34448)
- Sound once again resumes after receiving a notification on iOS devices (MCPE-15841)
- Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit (MCPE-31193)
- Flaming arrows once again ignite Minecarts with TNT (MCPE-35776)
- Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
- Barrier Blocks can no longer be destroyed by the Ender Dragon (MCPE-34410)
- When dealing killing blows to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back! (MCPE-19222)
- Infinity Bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the Bow is slightly drawn (MCPE-35821)
- Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with Slabs above (MCPE-28626)
- Cured Zombie Villagers spawned from Zombie Villages can now be traded with (MCPE-34603)
- Mobs can now walk through Soul Sand with Nether Wart (MCPE-12719)
- Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds (MCPE-31188)
- Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs
- Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned
- Item tooltips that display "Can break" and "Can be placed on" now show the proper translation for the given blocks
- Fixed structures generating inside Ocean Monuments
- Fixed overlapping text on the Enchantment Table screen
- Raw Cod and Cooked Cod items are now properly named
- Armored Withers can no longer be damaged with thrown Tridents
- Adjusted in-hand placement of Bows and Tridents in split screen
- Fixed input on Minecarts with Command Block not saving between game sessions
- Pigs with Saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water
- Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old Worlds at 128 or in the Void
- The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while you are riding it
- Synced cloud worlds on Xbox One now display the proper date on the Worlds list
- Enchantment Books are no longer lost after using an Anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment
- Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End
- Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat
- Removed the "Take Half" tooltip when highlighting the Anvil's output slot
- Releasing a Tropical Fish from a Bucket of Fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught
- Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot
- Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block
- The '/subtitle' command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen (MCPE-25685)
- Sea Pickles now break instantly in Survival mode (MCPE-36250)
- Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks (MCPE-33470)
- Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes (MCPE-34913)
- Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world (MCPE-33263)
- Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing (MCPE-31030)
- The '/teleport' command now reliably teleports riders with entities
- Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an Ender Pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player's render distance
- When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, the player's marker now disappears from the Locator Maps of other players
- Only the player riding a mount can now access the mount's inventory
- Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart
- Mobs now stop moving when all movement components are removed from their behavior
- Using behavior files to change the shooting location of a projectile no longer makes the projectile shoot and miss the target
- Horses in the same boat as you no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of you (MCPE-30299)
- Items can once again be dropped while in a boat
- Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack
- Cursor d-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu (MCPE-33895)