Minecraft 26.20.22

Developers have released Minecraft Beta & Preview 26.20.22 test version. This update introduces an updated party system with text chat between members, adds the Realms admin role, new unified Realms Hub for world management, and fixes over 20 bugs.

Changes

• Party System:
  • Added text chat with party members through the social drawer.
  • Party chat is separate from in-game chat and available when moving between worlds.
  • Can travel with party to Realms and supported servers.
  • Available on Xbox, Windows, iOS, and Android (coming to other platforms soon).
  • Party members only follow the leader into a Realm if they are already members of that Realm.
• Added Realms admin role:
  • Owners can grant more authority to members.
• Added Realms Hub:
  • Brings together world management, member activity, settings, and more in one unified place.
• Pack management in the Realm edit world screen now uses OreUI.
• Added support to join Realms with a Party.
• Added new settings for closed captions: control display duration, appearance location, and toggle hiding certain sounds (player's own sounds, ambient noises, etc.).
• It is now possible to generate single biome Dripstone Cave worlds.
• Added Vibrant Visuals support for:
  • Shelves.
  • Nautilus Armors.
  • Happy Ghast Ropes.
  • "Lava Chicken" and "Tears" music discs.
• Updated MERS texture for Baby Lazy Panda.
• Increased hitboxes for Baby Camel, Baby Hoglin, and Baby Zoglin.
• Hitboxes for the following mobs now match Java Edition: Baby Villager, Baby Zombie Villager, Baby Zombie, Gurgle, Baby Husk, Baby Piglin, Baby Zombified Piglin, Baby Squid, Baby Glow Squid, Baby Fox, and Adult Chicken.

Bug Fixes

• Realms region bindings crash when indexing out of bounds region data no longer occurs.
• Crash when using Joy-Con no longer occurs.
• Damage tilt slider now affects rotation of player's hands.
• Large values for player profile stats are now displayed correctly.
• Infinite loading of LAN servers no longer occurs.
• Mushrooms on the back of Mooshrooms now have correct illumination.
• Golden Dandelion growth particles now emit from above Baby Mobs instead of from inside them.
• Free trials for Marketplace Pass and Realms Plus on Nintendo Switch are now advertised correctly.
• Players are no longer softlocked when trying to join a Realm they're not a member of.
• UI scales when changing resolution are now correct.
• Fall damage audio effects now trigger when the entity hits the ground.
• Baby humanoid Chestplate Armor is now centered on the mob.