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

 

New Features:

• Pandas now spawn in jungles 
• Stray Cats now spawn in villages 

• Cats can be tamed using fish
• Ocelots are no longer tamable
• Players can now feed ocelots to gain their trust

• Bamboo can now be found while fishing in jungles and will appear in some chests (Spawning naturally in the world will come in a future update)
• Scaffolding - A new climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo
• Updates to Add-Ons that allow players to add new entities, particles, and animations. See aka.ms/MinecraftAddons for more details

 

Changes:

• Phantoms are now afraid of cats and will not swoop while cats are around 
• Increased the size of Tropical fish (MCPE-35877)
• Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg
• The splash screen now has an animated loading bar 
• The following commands can now be run in game without turning on cheats: 

• /gamerule showcoordinates
• /gamerule dofiretick
• /gamerule tntexplodes
• /gamerule domobloot
• /gamerule naturalregeneration
• /gamerule dotiledrops
• /gamerule pvp

• Command blocks now have the default name of “!” instead of “@”
• Added randomTickSpeed gamerule
• More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page 
• The autocomplete list for player mentions now work in slash commands
• You can now send links to your favorite Marketplace content using the share button 

 

Fixes:

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs 
• Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in 
• Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile 
• Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR 
• Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish 
• Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash 
• Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recently added Windows 10 feature (MCPE-36274)
• Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack (MCPE-19535)
• Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks (MCPE-35857)
• Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat (MCPE-17144)
• Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation (MCPE-14426)
• Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails (MCPE-21863)
• Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs (MCPE-19156)
• Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct number of empty buckets to the player (MCPE-37387)
• Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken (MCPE-16141)
• Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled (MCPE-23498)
• Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken (MCPE-37328)
• Players will now face forwards when entering a boat (MCPE-36795)
• Removed "MCPE!" from the list of splash screen messages (MCPE-36741)
• Water now renders correctly when surrounded by Barrier Blocks 
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse 
• Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game (MCPE-31242)
• Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices 
• The achievement button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live 
• Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming
• The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch 
• Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position (MCPE-13799)
• Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled (MCPE-37492)
• Large Slimes and Magma Cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size (MCPE-18518)
• Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block (MCPE-37155)
• Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated (MCPE-36917)
• Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome (MCPE-19015)
• Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should (MCPE-37257)
• The "Body Guard" achievement can now be unlocked after creating an Iron Golem (MCPE-33686)
• Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels 
• The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch 
• The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly (MCPE-13758)
• Players no longer fall through Shulker Boxes as they open (MCPE-28812)
• Improved the loading time of various game files 
• Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality 
• Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10 (MCPE-37269)
• Added a underscore to "frozen_river" in the biomes_client.json so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries (MCPE-36799)
• The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat 
• Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer (MCPE-34864)
• Potion of Slow Falling will now slow down Elytra descent (MCPE-34926)
• Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls (MCPE-32635)
• Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted 
• The player's hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow 
• Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area (MCPE-33788)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed
• Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labelled correctly on the Settings screen
• Controller hints now show the correct usage of "Open" and "Use" when looking at containers
• Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
• Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows
• Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps
• Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause lag (MCPE-27167)