Bedrock Beta/Preview 26.70.24

• https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/50285693907213-Minecraft-Beta-Preview-26-70-24

Drop 4 of 2026 Features

Blocks

• Sitting in a Boat no longer cracks Brittle Ice
• Blocks from the Calcite block set are now correctly located after their Sulfur counterparts in the Creative inventory
• Blocks from the Packed Ice Bricks block set are now correctly located after their Mud Bricks counterparts in the Creative inventory
• Blocks from the Calcite, Packed Ice Bricks, and Snow Bricks block sets now drop fewer items when blown up by non-TNT explosions, like other blocks

Freezing Mob Effect

• Changed the rotation of Freezing particles to match Java Edition

Ice Ball

• Ice Balls thrown by players no longer deal critical damage

Items

• The in-world holding position of Icicles now matches Pointed Dripstone and Sulfur Spike
• The "Flurry" music disc title is now capitalized in its tooltip

Mobs

• Fixed a bug where Frostbites had an unnatural attack animation when holding a Trident

Features and Bug Fixes

Accessibility Features

• Closed Captions now properly update direction on already displayed captions
• Changed the screen narration on the search input boxes on the marketplace and owned template screens so that they'd match other text input boxes
• Jumping and Landing on blocks now display the appropriate closed caption for all block types

Blocks

• Leaves will now correctly occlude the face facing Chiseled Packed Ice, Packed Ice Bricks and Snow Bricks
• Blocks from the Cinnabar and Sulfur block sets are now correctly located with the other stone blocks in the Creative inventory
• Resin Brick Stairs and Resin Brick Slabs are now located after their Snow Bricks counterparts in the Creative inventory
• Fixed a bug where some slabs played the wrong sound and displayed the wrong subtitle when merged into a double slab
• Shelf Mushrooms and Red Shrubs now drop fewer items when blown up by non-TNT explosions, like other blocks
• Players can now place blocks against Cauldrons without sneaking
• Eating, charging Bows, and other normal item use can proceed while aiming at a Cauldron
• Fixed Repeating Command Blocks from executing an additional time when changing to 'Needs Redstone' from 'Always Active'
• Chiseled Soulshale can now be obtained and placed with commands
• Chiseled Soulshale no longer requires a Pickaxe to drop

Gameplay

Invisible Armor
- Added an Invisible Armor world setting
- Enable Invisible Armor from the world settings for an existing world or the Advanced tab when creating a new world
- Once enabled, use the eye button in the inventory to show or hide equipped armor
- Hidden armor will temporarily become visible for 5 seconds after taking damage
- Elytra, mob heads and carved pumpkins always remain visible
- Added the invisibleArmor game rule command
- Let us know what you think https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/50194680762765-Let-s-Talk-About-Invisible-Armor-Option

Graphical

• Redstone torches now render transparent texture areas correctly with ray tracing enabled
• Maps and photos held in the main hand now use one hand in first person when the offhand is occupied, keeping the offhand item visible
• Vibrant Visuals is now available on more Android devices, including devices with Mali Ultra GPUs

Input

• Fixed issue with "Swap Off-hand" control mapping not working

Mobs

• All undead mobs are now immune to freezing from both Powder Snow and the Freezing status effect
• Tridents now render correctly when held by Zombies, Zombie Villagers, and Husks

Nintendo Switch 2

• Added support for Joy-Con Mouse Mode
• Added a new Joy-Con Mouse Mode setting page to support customization

...And many more!
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