Pocket Edition Beta 0.14.0 Available For Android

Hello!

We are back with a delicious beta test of Minecraft: Pocket Edition, available for download for Android devices. Continuing to the second phase of discovering Redstone with Droppers, Hoppers and Dispensers - just to mention a few!

Currently the beta test is available to Google Play Store users, but keep in mind that this update will be coming to Minecraft: Pocket Edition and the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta in the near future.

Here’s a quick explanation of how to join and leave the test group. We strongly recommend you make backups of your existing worlds first.

You’ll need three things to join the test:

• An Android device that can run Minecraft Pocket Edition.
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  Minecraft: Pocket Edition Android purchased from Google Play Store.
  
  
• To opt in to the Minecraft Pocket Edition Beta.

The app will be automatically downloaded and installed on your device once you’ve joined the test. It can take a few days to appear so please be patient.

All future updates to the beta will be posted on our small blog.

Useful Links:

• Pocket Edition on Google Play Store
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  Beta Updates
  
  
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  FAQ
  
  
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  How to report a bug
  
  
• How to make a backup

Here’s the full changelog:

New Features:

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  Cauldrons
  
  
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  New achievements
  
  
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  Maps
  
  
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  Hoppers
  
  
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  Dispensers
  
  
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  Droppers
  
  
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  Item frames (full of bugs! keep on testing!)
  
  
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  Slime blocks
  
  
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  Creative inventory
  
  
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  Witches
  
  
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  Repeaters and Comparators
  
  
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  Red Sandstone
  
  
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  Ender Pearls
  
  
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  Pumpkin hats and Mob Head hats
  
  
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  Double trapped chests!
  

Tweaks:

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  Cleaned up textures a whole lot.
  
  
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  Replaced Pocket Edition start screen with new UI.
  
  
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  Baby zombies now have a 15% chance to want to be a jockey. If they want to be a jockey, then upon getting near a player they will look for one of the following to ride before attacking the player (Adult Wolf, Adult Ocelot, Cow, Pig, Sheep, Adult Chicken, Spider or Adult Zombie).
  
  
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  Regular screenshots are now full .png files.
  
  
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  Made Ghast eyes, Blazes and Magma Cubes Cores bright!
  
  
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  Fix iOS and Android build issue.
  
  
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  Fixed door textures (at last).
  
  
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  Fixed UI scale slider.
  
  
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  Improved slime spawning.
  

Some Bug Fixes:

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  It rains in caves.
  
  
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  Trapped Chest does not provide power to Redstone Repeater.
  
  
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  All clay types are displayed as grey blocks on the Map.
  
  
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  Villagers and peaceful mobs despawning.
  
  
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  Double Fence Gate’s don’t block user.
  
  
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  Wolves do not have colored collars.
  
  
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  Sneak mode turns off after the Player enters the Pause Menu.
  
  
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  Ghast shoot texture not showing.
  
  
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  Huge mushrooms don’t generate anywhere.
  
  
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  Mobs drop nothing unless recently hurt by player.
  
  
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  Player is unable to open Minecart with Chest and Minecart with Hopper.
  
  
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  Player can’t close the chest window.
  
  
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  Crash when a server kicks a player for inactivity.
  
  
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  Mechanisms are being powered by Redstone dust that is not aligned with them.
  
  
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  Building massive world structures can lead to serious performance issues.
  
  
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  Crash when a farmer villager runs out of seed to plant.
  
  
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  Controller’s D-pad is inactive in Brewing Stand interface.
  
  
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  Backgrounds & Buttons in Asian languages are too short for longer phrases.
  
  
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  TNT Minecart explosion on the curve does not destroy rail tracks under explosion.
  
  
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  Fixed most issues with chunks being sent multiple times.
  
  
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  Fixed server not running in the correct speed.
  
  
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  Amount of hits required to kill witch doesn’t vary with weapon.
  
  
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  Fixed out of bounds error in Inventory related to linked slots.
  
  
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  Player keeps all but armor in their inventory upon death.
  
  
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  Iron Golems take damage while walking on Soulsand.
  
  
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  Skeleton heads don’t look hollow from the bottom.
  
  
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  Fence gates weren’t restoring their open state correctly either. Same pattern was needed as DoorBlock and TrapDoorBlock.
  
  
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  Characters arms are in weird positions on Kindle and some iPads.
  
  
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  Character drinks milk instantly after milking the cow.
  
  
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  The player is not able to open the chest when character stands close to it.
  
  
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  Items from bottom half of the double chest disappear when the world is restarted.
  
  
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  Missing Feed button when holding any kind of meat in front of Untamed Wolf.
  
  
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  Missing Feed button while holding Beetroot and Potato in front of Pig. Also added Beetroot to Creative Inventory.
  
  
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  No sound of swimming underwater.
  
  
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  Player keeps moving after Player opens inventory screen with controller.
  
  
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  sweet dreams are made of this ->
  
  
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  Slots on Anvil not lined up.
  
  
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  Minecarts do not stack.
  
  
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  The terrain flickers invisible if too many chunks are updated at the same time.
  
  
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  Mushroom stew should not be poisonous.
  
  
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  The darkening underwater effect fails to occur if the User rides boat into a waterfall.
  
  
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  Two-block high flowers do not drop the corresponding items after Bone Meal is used on them.
  
  
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  Flickering fence texture when it’s put underwater.
  
  
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  Clay generates instead of gravel.
  
  
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  It is possible to stack beetroot soup.
  
  
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  Can not use colors in chat.
  
  
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  Mobs stay aggressive after switching back to creative.
  
  
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  Enderman glitches.
  
  
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  The Invert Y-Axis option lacks functionality when using touch controls.
  

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