Changes: Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition

Author(s)

Platform(s)

; Current

Discontinued

Samsung Galaxy Apps
(Alpha 0.9.5)
Windows Phone 8.1
(Alpha 0.16.2)
Apple TV
(1.1.5)

Written in

C++^[3]

Latest release

Official: 1.20.30
Beta: beta 1.20.40.22

Release date

; Android 4.2+

August 16, 2011 (Xperia PLAY only - 2.1+)^[4]^[5]; October 7, 2011^[6]; January 30, 2013 (2.3+)^[7]; December 19, 2013 (3.0+)^[8]; October 11, 2015 (4.2+)^[8]
iOS 8.0+: November 17, 2011; August 15, 2013 (5.0+); April 27, 2016 (6.0+); June 13, 2016 (8.0+)
Fire OS 3.0+: September 13, 2012; April 2, 2014 (3.0+)
Windows 10 Mobile: December 10, 2014
(Windows Phone 8.1); February 22, 2017
(Windows 10 Mobile)
Windows 10: July 29, 2015
Gear VR: April 27, 2016
Fire TV: December 19, 2016
Xbox One: September 20, 2017
Nintendo Switch: June 21, 2018
PlayStation 4: September 5, 2014

Rating(s)

Online not rated
Google: Everyone 10+^[19]
Apple: 9+^[20]
Amazon: Guidance Suggested^[21]
Windows 10: Everyone 10+^[22]
PEGI: 7+^[23]
RARS: 12+^[24]
USK: 6^[25]
ACB: M^[26]
GSRR: PG12^[27]
GRB: All^[28]
IARC: 7+^[29]^[19]
DEJUS: L (Livre)^[19]
DEJUS: 10^[30]^[31]

Size

Android: Varies with device^[9]
iOS: 218 MB^[10]
Kindle Fire: 93.8 MB^[11]
Windows 10 Mobile: 151.63 MB^[12]
Windows 10: 290.24 MB^[13]
Gear VR: 241.9 MB^[14]
Fire TV: 93.8 MB^[15]
Xbox One: 310.76 MB^[16]
Nintendo Switch: 1.58 GB^[17]
PlayStation 4: 225 MB^[18]

License

Proprietary

Source code

No

Gameplay

The objective of the game remains the same as its Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. Like them, Bedrock Edition has survival elements such as hunger and brewing, and the Nether and the End dimensions. The multiplayer mode is cross-platform compatible between all supported devices.^[33]

Bedrock Edition differs from Java Edition in a variety of ways, such as more vibrant graphics, revised terrain, some exclusive items, and an official add-on system^[34]. The HUD and other elements are adapted for each relevant device. Players can interact with the game via keyboard and mouse, touchscreen or controller.

Differences from Java Edition include:

Some mobs have some sort of difference from their Java Edition counterparts.
Multiplayer allows for 4 ways of player connection:
- Through LAN, allowing for 8 or more players to be on a single world
- Through Realms.
- Through a user-created external server. A list of server software can be found on Bedrock Edition server software.
- Through Xbox Live
A list of "featured" (Microsoft partner) servers, offering predefined multiplayer mini-games in a Minecraft setting, is also provided.

Some features of Bedrock Edition are only available on certain platforms.

Virtual reality is only available on Gear VR and Windows 10.
Joining servers through IP isn't supported by Xbox One or Nintendo Switch.

Compatible devices

	Android	iOS
Minimum Version	Android 4.2 "Jelly Bean" Until 0.12.1: Android 3.0 (0.12.1 & under require Android 3.0; Until 0.8.0: Android 2.3 Until 0.5.0: Android 2.1	iOS 8.0 Until 0.14.3: iOS 6 Until 0.14.1: iOS 5 Until 0.7.2: iOS 4.3.3
Processor	Any with support of floating-point calculations ("ARM-v7a code") and Neon^[35]	600 MHz ARMv7 Cortex CPU 1 GHz Apple A6 CPU
Graphics	Any with support of OpenGL ES 2.0
Storage	300 MB (100 MB to 1GB is the max to save a map)
Data Connection	Optional (Realms access)
Supported Devices	(Do note that the hardware mentioned here is old and may no longer be supported.) Sony Ericsson Xperia Play^[36], X10i, Ray,^[37] and Mini Pro^[38] Sony Xperia Z5 Compact	iPod Touch 5th generation and later iPhone 4S and later iPad 2 and later iPad Air, Mini, Pro (all generations)

Some devices below these specifications have been known to work fine either with or without custom ROM images, kernels, and overclocking of the CPU. The "MSM7227" CPU is not supported due to its lack of the floating-point unit.^[39] The "Tegra 2" processor is also not supported because it lacks support for Neon.

Development

Release

A video of an early prototype was released on Twitter, showing the game on the Xperia PLAY. The Alpha version was later released, and was released for different platforms on October 7, 2011. The non-exclusive version was going to be released on September 29 for Android^[40] but there were several severe bugs that needed to be fixed; the release was delayed until October 7.

A version for iOS devices was confirmed to be released before 2012 in an interview with Mojang^[41] and was subsequently released on November 17, 2011.

Alpha

After the initial releases for Android and iOS, updates were released in parallel, with the same features being added for both platforms. During the Alpha stage, various aspects of gameplay were introduced into the Bedrock codebase including: crafting, smelting, more blocks, items, mobs and more game modes to bring it closer to the Java Edition. As the Pocket Edition development team works closely, often blocks released on the Java Edition are released around the same time for Pocket Edition. Certain features were also tested on Pocket Edition before their Java releases, such as beetroots and their related items, and also block models.

During the Alpha phase, the Bedrock Edition was ported to more platforms: first, Pocket Edition was released for Fire OS on September 13, 2012, and for Windows Phone on December 10, 2014. The Windows 10 Edition Beta was released on July 29, 2015, at a higher price than Pocket Edition. Gear VR Edition was released April 27, 2016 for the same price as Pocket Edition.

Two other versions of Minecraft that are based on the Bedrock codebase, but separate from Bedrock Edition, were also released during this period. Pi Edition is a free and discontinued version of Minecraft for the Raspberry Pi, which was based on an old alpha version of Bedrock. Education Edition was released for Windows 10 and macOS on November 1, 2016.

Full Release

On November 11, 2016, 1.0.0 (the Ender Update) was announced. It was released on December 19, 2016, along with the Apple TV Edition and Fire TV Edition. Pocket Edition began to receive updates again for Windows 10 Mobile on February 22, 2017.^[42]

From 1.2.0, the Better Together Update, all editions of Bedrock Edition no longer have the "Edition" subtitle and are renamed to simply Minecraft. A port of Bedrock Edition for Xbox One was released along with the update, and one for the Nintendo Switch was released digitally and physically on June 21, 2018. On the December 10, 2019, Bedrock was ported to PS4. Owners of the original Legacy Console Edition for these consoles will be able to download the new version for free.

Builds

Starting on November 22, 2013,^[43] Mojang began to publicly release testing versions of full updates to Android users who opt into the beta program, in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.

Versions from 0.8.0 to 0.12.1 required opting into a Google+ group to receive development builds. Players would then see development updates appear as normal updates in the Play Store. On July 17, 2015, the Google+ group was removed due to the amount of spam and advertisements that the group attracted.^[44]^[45]^[46] On November 3, 2015, the PE Beta team published a dedicated blog^[47] which was subsequently used for users to opt into the 0.13.0 beta program and to display changelogs for these development builds.

The Xbox Insider Hub app is used to opt into the beta program on Windows 10 since July 31, 2017, and on Xbox One since August 24. Before the release of the Better Together Update, the Xbox One beta was available only to owners of the digital version of the original Xbox One Edition, and not owners of the disc version.

Players can also test certain features using Experimental Gameplay, a toggle that can be turned on through world settings, but it cannot turned off upon creation.

Sales

As of December 2013, Pocket Edition (the only Bedrock Codebase edition at the time) had sold 16.5 million copies, while at the same time, the Java Edition had sold 13 million. These calculations came out after the 0.8.0 update.^[48] This was considered a huge success, with Pocket Edition outselling both Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition^[49], despite being considered to be the least-developed at the time.

On December 2, 2016, Marsh Davies announced that Pocket Edition had sold over 40 million copies^[50] (at the time, Java Edition had sold over 24 million). This statistic included Windows 10 Edition and Gear VR Edition.

Minecraft is also usually in the top 10 and regularly #1 in the App Store's and Google Play's Paid Apps Section in the Top Charts.^[51]^[52]

Platform differences

There are several features in Bedrock Edition which are exclusive to certain platforms, either due to only certain platforms being capable of using those features, or due to platform restrictions preventing certain features from being implemented. Here is a table of the features that are only available on certain platforms.


Export world button	No	No	?	?	No	Yes	No	No	No	?
Import world button	No	No	?	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Join servers via IP	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Keyboard controls	Yes	Yes	?	?	Partial^{[note 1]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^{[note 2]}	?
Mouse controls	Partial	Partial	?	?	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	?
Shader language	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	GLSL	HLSL	HLSL	HLSL	GLSL	GNM^[53]
Structure block 3D export	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	?
Touch controls	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^{[note 3]}	?
VR	No^{[note 4]}	No	No	Yes	No	Yes^{[note 5]}	No	No	No	?

↑ Keyboard options show up, but users can't use them for playing the game, only for chat.
↑ Generic USB Keyboard can be used to enter text
↑ Touch controls can be used for inventory management and in the UI, but not for game actions (movement, attack etc).
↑ Some Samsung Galaxy phones can use Bedrock Edition for Gear VR, but it is a separate app (and purchase) from Bedrock Edition for Android.
↑ Via Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

References

[53] Keyboard options show up, but users can't use them for playing the game, only for chat.

[54] Generic USB Keyboard can be used to enter text

[56] Touch controls can be used for inventory management and in the UI, but not for game actions (movement, attack etc).

[57] Some Samsung Galaxy phones can use Bedrock Edition for Gear VR, but it is a separate app (and purchase) from Bedrock Edition for Android.

[58] Via Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

[1] ttp://www.twitch.tv/mojang/v/6949826

[2] ttp://skyboxlabs.com/

[3] ttps://twitter.com/jeb_/status/122350670648066049

[4] ttps://www.mojang.com/2011/08/say-hello-to-minecraft-pocket-edition/

[5] The initial general Android release blog post said the minimum version was 2.2, but this was a typo, as shown by this later blog post which mentions both 2.1 & 2.2 as previously-supported versions.

[6] ttps://www.mojang.com/2011/10/minecraft-pocket-edition-on-android/

[7] ttps://www.mojang.com/2013/01/minecraft-pocket-edition-0-6-0-submitted/

[android-min-ver-discussion-8] Determined by viewing the AndroidManifest.xml files of some APKs. See discussion here.

[9] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

[10] ttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft/id479516143?mt=8

[11] ttps://www.amazon.com/Mojang-Minecraft-Pocket-Edition/dp/B00992CF6W

[12] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/minecraft-for-windows-10-mobile/9wzdncrdzsbb

[13] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/minecraft-for-windows-10/9nblggh2jhxj

[14] ttps://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1046887318709554/

[15] ttps://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01NCJDPER/ref=mw_dp_mpd?pd=1

[16] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/minecraft/9NBLGGH537BL?ocid=MCX1_int_omc_min&rtc=1

[17] ttps://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/v5vITLlYKWiQGB5ckyrSENrnEBnVErqV

[18] ttps://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstation4-edition/cid=UP4433-CUSA00744_00-MINECRAFTPS40000

[google-play-store-page-19] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe

[20] ttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft/id479516143?mt=8

[21] ttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00992CF6W/

[22] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/games/minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta/9nblggh2jhxj

[23] Minecraft: Pocket Edition PEGI Rating

[24] ttps://www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[25] ttps://www.microsoft.com/de-de/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[26] Minecraft: Pocket Edition ACB Rating

[27] ttps://www.microsoft.com/zh-tw/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[28] ttps://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[29] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-za/store/games/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[30] ttps://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/store/apps/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb

[31] ttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/minecraft-windows-10-edition/9nblggh2jhxj

[32] [1]

[33] ttps://minecraft.net/en-us/article/Minecraft - Pocket Edition on iOS!

[34] ttps://minecraft.net/addons/

[35] ttps://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-8332?focusedCommentId=348823&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-348823

[36] ttps://youtu.be/jO-y5wzmK4E

[37] ttp://twitpic.com/6wimvs

[xperia_ray-38] ttps://twitter.com/Kappische/status/122338591966896128

[39] wikipedia:MSM7000#MSM7227

[40] ttps://youtu.be/rCcsuPH4vJY

[41] ttp://www.unboundgamer.com/_/minecraft-pocket-edition-interview-with-mojang-r393

[42] ttps://minecraft.net/article/upgrade-windows-phone-players

[43] ttps://www.mojang.com/2013/11/android-beta-program-for-minecraft-pe/

[44] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/621982409140105216

[45] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/621984399349948416

[46] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/621992330313236480

[47] ttps://twitter.com/missmarzenia/status/661531497527164928

[48] ttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/17/mojang-minecraft-pocket-edition-apple

[49] ttps://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Minecraft Sales Data.png

[50] ttps://minecraft.net/article/pocket-edition-5-years-old

[51] ttp://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/paid-apps/

[52] ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/topselling_paid?hl=en

[55] ttps://twitter.com/frozen_tofu_inv/status/1103356795278376961

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 On November 11, 2016, [[Pocket Edition 1.0.0|1.0.0]] (the [[Ender Update]]) was announced. It was released on December 19, 2016, along with the [[Apple TV Edition|''Apple TV Edition'']] and [[Fire TV Edition|''Fire TV Edition'']]. ''Pocket Edition'' began to receive updates again for Windows 10 Mobile on February 22, 2017.<ref>https://minecraft.net/article/upgrade-windows-phone-players</ref>
-From [[Bedrock Edition 1.2.0|1.2.0]], the [[Better Together Update]], all editions of Bedrock Edition no longer have the "Edition" subtitle and are renamed to simply ''Minecraft''. A port of Bedrock Edition for Xbox One was released along with the update, and one for the Nintendo Switch was released digitally and physically on June 21, 2018. Owners of the original [[Legacy Console Edition]] for these consoles will be able to download the new version for free.
+From [[Bedrock Edition 1.2.0|1.2.0]], the [[Better Together Update]], all editions of Bedrock Edition no longer have the "Edition" subtitle and are renamed to simply ''Minecraft''. A port of Bedrock Edition for Xbox One was released along with the update, and one for the Nintendo Switch was released digitally and physically on June 21, 2018. On the December 10, 2019, Bedrock was ported to PS4. Owners of the original [[Legacy Console Edition]] for these consoles will be able to download the new version for free.
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