Minecraft Preview 1.19.60.24 brings new Minecraft 1.20 features and changes
Mob heads on note blocks & stripped bamboo blocks, what more could you want?
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What you need to know
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for a new Minecraft Preview build. Mojang Studios has some goodies in store for testing players with today’s build, as experimental Minecraft 1.20 features get some new friends and welcome changes. The usual slate of bug fixes and technical tweaks is also included in this Preview release.
Players will be most interested in brand-newMinecraft 1.20features, such as the new interaction between mob heads and note blocks that was recently tested on PC before the latestMinecraft: Java Edition snapshotreleased on Tuesday. With the feature, players will now be able to recreate various mob noises by placing mob head blocks on top of note blocks.
Stripped bamboo, blocks of bamboo, and chiseled bookshelf sounds also join theMinecraft Previewfeature set with this release. It’s still early days for Minecraft 1.20, but it’s exciting to watch Mojang Studios introduce new features and updates as we progress. Players can now test the latest Minecraft Preview build, although it should be noted that this release is not available on iOS (it is still available for Xbox, PC, and Android players).
Minecraftstill firmly holds on to its place among thebest Xbox games, although many in the community are waiting to see how ambitious Minecraft 1.20 will be. Mojang Studios is intent on working with the community throughout the development of Minecraft’s next content update, and have themed it around representation and player expression, but there’s still a long ways to go before the final update is release.
The full changelog forMinecraft Preview 1.19.60.20includes:
Experimental Minecraft 1.20 features
Bamboo woodset and rafts
Camels
Chiseled bookshelves
Hanging signs
Mob heads on note blocks
Piglin mob heads
Features & bug fixes
Android
Blocks
Commands
Gameplay
Graphical
Mobs
Particle effects
Player
Spawn eggs
Stability
Text fields
Touch controls
User interface
Villagers
Vanilla parity
Blocks
Graphical
Technical updates
Actor filters
AI goals
Molang
Stability & performance
Experimental technical features
General
API
Synchronization
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
Minecraft 1.20 is heading to all players within the next year, and players can continue to test its features early with Minecraft Preview builds. The next major content update for Minecraft is all about player expression and representation.
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