3 April 2019
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 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
Fixes:
- Crashes/Performance
- Fixed scripting crash when accessing health component on entities that don't have health (boats, leads, etc)
- Fixed a crash that can occur if the primary user exits the current world while a splitscreen player is trying to join
- Fixed a crash that could occur when receiving the Bad Omen effect
- Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
- General
- The correct button tooltips are now shown when reassigning them on Nintendo Switch
- Fixed a bug on Switch that would prevent the command buttons from working after running a command or typing in chat
- Players can now select the Mario skins from the expanded skin pack list when in game
- Skin Picker is no longer limited to 15 owned skin packs
- Remapping controls on Switch now toggle correctly in the settings
- Text to Speech now works more consistently on Switch
- Text to speech now reads modal popups correctly
- Players can view skin selection menu when offline on Switch without receiving internet connection message
- Gameplay
- TNT now knocks back healing players
- Interacting with a Grindstone no longer 'uses' a held item
- Blocks
- Sea Grass can no longer delete blocks above it as it grows (MCPE-43617)
- Mobs
- Mobs now spawn properly in Icy Biomes
- Graphical
- Replaced trip wire texture
- Note particle color now corresponds to noteblock pitch. (Temporarily reverted to old particle system for note block)
- Commands
- Using the /clear command no longer shows an error if a block value is not included