Minecraft PE Beta 1.19.0.20

The developers have released the first beta version of Minecraft 1.19.0.20. Mangrove swamps, new blocks have been added, and various bugs have been fixed.

Wild Update Features

Wild Update features no longer require the experimental toggle to be enabled
Added new Wild Update splash screen texts
Added new Wild Update loading screen tips

Mangrove Swamp Biome

Added Mangrove Swamp biome
Added Mangrove Tree feature
Added Mangrove Propagule base functionality
Added Mangrove Roots and Muddy Mangrove Roots
Added all the new Mangrove Wood Types

Mud

Added Mud related block recipes
Implemented Mud walking/sinking

Mud Block

Added base Mud block functionality
Added Mud block sounds
Added Mud block renewability

Mud Brick Blocks

Added Mud Brick block
Added Mud Brick sounds
Added Mud Brick Slab/Stair/Wall blocks

Packed Mud

Added Packed Mud block

Allay

Allay can now be leashed if it is already holding an item
Allay can now be named by a Name Tag if it is already holding an item
Allays now have initial sounds
Allay now move slower when not attempting to follow its owner, and will only start following its owner from a further distance than before

Frog

Frogs no longer croak while they are eating mobs

Gameplay

Fixed a bug where Wardens temporarily could miss noticing vibrations, and Allays could miss noticing that Note Blocks were being played
Stop Warden from getting angry at itself and inanimate mobs
The Darkness effect now has a black distance fog, similar to how the Blindness effect works
Parrots now imitate the Warden
The Warden has a new angry listening sound
The Warden now has updated sounds and custom death and hurt sounds
Allow Warden to preserve anger level towards despawned entities
Fixed eroded Badlands biome placement error that caused it to fragment

Sculk Sensor

Sculk Sensors can now detect a wider range of vibrations
Sculk Sensors can now detect players sneaking on top of them
Sculk Sensors cannot detect players shooting an arrow while sneaking anymore
Sculk Sensors can now detect players falling in Lava
Sculk Sensors can now detect players sneaking in Water
Sculk Sensors can now detect landing projectiles
Sculk Sensors can now detect containers being opened or closed
Sculk Sensors can now detect Candles being placed, lit, or unlit
Sculk Sensors can now detect players eating food or drinking potions
Sculk Sensors can now detect Goat Horns being played
Sculk Sensors can now detect Big Dripleaves changing their state

Accessibility Features

There is now a Darkness effect strength slider in Settings that adjusts how dark the screen can get during the effect

Graphical

Fixed a texture bug in the Warden's bioluminescent texture where the right arm's bottom face didn’t have bioluminescent colors
Updated fog JSON schema to allow distance fog settings to use negative value as 'fog_start'. Allowing nearby blocks to also be tinted with fog color
Added adjustable fog effect that can expand or shrink over time. Users will get the sense of eyes adjusting when going into water

Mobile Touch Controls

Block highlights will no longer stay if players lift their block breaking finger off the screen while still using a second finger to move around with non-classic touch controls
Fixed issue where Boats were not controllable with new touch controls
Fixed issue where players were not able to descend while on top of Scaffolding
Removed inversion of movement when in front facing third-person camera

General

Fixed a bug causing the Parrot's head to always face the player while riding the player
Fixed bug causing player to take fall damage after getting into a Bed while falling
Fixed bug causing baby Llamas to fire llama spit from above their head
Fixed a crash when loading a Behavior Pack with non-JSON object in entity components, component_groups, and "add"/"remove" events
Fences and Walls no longer connect to Bells

Vanilla Parity