Minecraft 1.20.70.20

The developers have released Minecraft Beta and Preview 1.20.70.20. We have not received any new content this week, but various improvements have been made and harmful bugs have been fixed. Details are in the post below and on the developers' website.

Experimental

• Armadillo
  • The textures for the Armadillo, Armadillo Spawn Egg, and Armadillo Scute have been updated
  • Armadillos now have a reduced vertical range when scanning for potential threats
  • Armadillos can now also be found in Badlands biome variations
  • Armadillos now scare away Spiders and Cave Spiders, but only when they are not rolled up
  • Armadillos now float better and create more splash particles when in Water
  • Baby Armadillos now catch up to their parents a bit faster
  • The Armadillo’s roll-up behavior has been enhanced to bolster its defensive capabilities:
  • Armadillos are now more resistant to damage when rolled up
  • Armadillos now roll up when attacked by a player or a mob, instead of panicking
  • Armadillos now keep track of the last player who hit them, regarding them as a threat for 20 seconds
• Polished Tuff now plays its fall sound when entities fall onto it
• Updated the model, texture, and animation of the Wind Charge projectile to give it a more dynamic look and feel
• The collars of tamed Wolves have been increased in size, making them visible not only from the front but also from other angles
• The textures for the Wolf Armor and the Wolf Armor item have been updated

Changes

• Storage location will switch to External automatically on fresh installs if storage permission is granted via app settings prior to launching the game on devices running Android 12 or older
• Certain files and directories will be generated in external storage on next launch when setting storage location to External via in-game settings on devices running Android 12 or older
• Wolves 
  • Can now withstand the same amount of damage as in Java Edition
  • The maximum health of tamed Wolves has been increased from 20 to 40
  • Pre-existing tamed Wolves will need to be fed to reach the new maximum health
  • The health restored by feeding Wolves has been doubled
• “has_property” filter added for target selector of entities. This will allow the user to target entities based on the properties that they have or not have
• Players can no longer enter customize touch controls when dead
• Sweet Berry Bush Sapling now slows down players when walked through
• Players can now bridge blocks over water
• Updated the Globe pattern on shields to match Java Edition
• Lots of blocks now play appropriate sounds when entities fall onto them
• The text-to-speech narrator will now read the filter dropdown menu in the members tab when collapsed
• The text-to-speech narrator will now read the sort dropdown menu in the members tab when collapsed
• Added full narration for timestamps in stories and comments
• Removed double narration from the Opt Out button in the Realms settings menu
• Update design of the report a friend warning modal and the report limit warning modal

Fixes

• Fixed items not showing in the inventory when held in hand in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Fixed more occurrences of “light leaking” in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Fixed lighting artifacts that could occur after suspending/resuming on Android in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Items held by players now cast shadows when in third-person in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Items held by mobs now cast shadows in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Fixed banner staffs not rendering while equipped in hand in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Improved point light color blending in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Fixed point lights behind the camera popping in and out in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Fixed a bug that made it so players could not place multiple items while moving, such as Boats or Fireworks
• Fixed skylight not being updated properly when big gap of air were present between the ceiling and the floor
• Fixed deleting the last story on a Realms Stories Feed page not redirecting you back to the previous page
• Realms Stories no longer requires the game to restart after the feature is released
• Fixed narration for main panel text and Realm Feed button on Realm Slots screen
• Fixed a bug that caused cleared text to reappear in the inventory search bar