Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 26.50.24

Beta 26.50.24 (ChromeOS, Android, Nintendo Switch 2) or Preview 26.50.24 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the third beta/Preview for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.50, released on August 2, 2026, for iOS and iPadOS, on August 5, 2026, for most remaining devices,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which adds Minecraft:concrete stairs and slabs, updates Minecraft:maps and Minecraft:explorer maps, and fixes bugs.

This version was released for the Minecraft:Nintendo Switch 2 closed beta on August 11, 2026, being the second closed beta.

Additions

Blocks

Template:AnimateTemplate:Animate Minecraft:Concrete stairs and slabs

• New variants of Minecraft:concrete blocks that can be dyed in sixteen colors.

Items

Minecraft:Explorer maps

• File:Abandoned Campsite Map JE1.png Added abandoned campsite maps showing the location of other Minecraft:abandoned camps in the following biomes:
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• Added explorer maps for the following structures:
  • File:Ancient City Map JE1.png Minecraft:Ancient City
  • File:Mineshaft Map JE1.png Minecraft:Mineshaft
  • File:Desert Pyramid Map JE1.png Minecraft:Desert Pyramid
  • File:Warm Ocean Ruins Map JE1.png Minecraft:Warm Ocean Ruins

File:Portfolio BE1.png Minecraft:Portfolio

• Re-added, but unobtainable without external tools. Cannot store data properly.

Minecraft:Photo

• Added the photo item from Template:Edu, but it does not have a texture. It is only obtainable with external tools and cannot be used properly.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Straw bed

• The sleeping camera is no longer positioned too high above the player when sleeping.

Minecraft:Sulfur spike and Minecraft:pointed dripstone

• Restored the growth speed after a recent change accidentally made them grow 25 times faster.

Items

Minecraft:Cushion

• Breaking a named cushion no longer drops the default item.
• Cushions now pop into an item when pushed by blocks.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Locator map, map, empty map, and Minecraft:explorer maps

• Updated existing inventory icons.
• The player icon on maps shows the facing direction when outside the map once again, with a new texture.
• Explorer maps can no longer be zoomed out, neither in a Minecraft:crafting table nor in a Minecraft:cartography table.

World generation

Minecraft:Abandoned camp

• Explorer maps leading to other abandoned camps, mineshafts, ancient cities, desert pyramids, and warm ocean ruins can now be found in abandoned camp chests.

General

UI

• All remaining poplar items are now listed between the mangrove and cherry items in the Creative inventory.
• Skins can now have names consisting entirely of numbers.
• Friend profiles now have a Realm-specific join button when the Realm is available.
• Updated the Chat Settings UI to increase readability of the Chat Color and My Mentions Color dropdowns.
• Added Marketplace wishlist pagination with gamepad bumper navigation.
• Added dynamic wishlist grid row sizing for Marketplace wishlist cards.
• Improved inventory item tooltips with a new description in blue:

• Some tools now show their efficiency on the tooltip:
  • Minecraft:Axes show their "Chop Efficiency".
  • Minecraft:Pickaxes show their "Mining Efficiency".
  • Minecraft:Shovels show their "Dig Efficiency".
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.
• Changed the color of Template:Cd from Template:Color to Template:Color.

Technical

AI Goals

• Made the schema for Template:Cd stricter when parsing, now will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.50 and newer.

Minecraft:API

• Template:Cd now throws an Error when the entity has passengers and the target dimension is different from the entity's current dimension. Passengers must be dismounted before teleporting to another dimension. Current solution is scoped to fix current game breaking interruptions with future improvements backlogged.
• Tamed pets no longer attempt to follow their owner when the owner travels to or from a custom dimension.
• The Template:Cd property of Template:Cd now applies to Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd.
• World now exposes a Template:Cd property that returns a Template:Cd for querying registered server sound definitions.
• Added Template:Cd with a Template:Cd method that returns the registered SoundDefinition entries and accepts an optional Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd with a Template:Cd property, a Template:Cd property, a Template:Cd property, and a Template:Cd property.
• Added Template:Cd with a Template:Cd property.
• Added Template:Cd with Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd properties.
• Added Template:Cd with Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd properties.
• Template:Cd now accepts a Template:Cd in addition to a sound event id.

Minecraft:Block components

• Thin Minecraft:fences and Minecraft:tripwire:
  • Vanilla Minecraft:glass panes, Minecraft:iron bars, Minecraft:copper bars, and tripwire blocks now expose Template:Cd block states reflecting which cardinal neighbors they connect to.
  • For new worlds, thin fence and tripwire connection state changes now trigger neighbor block updates for parity with Template:JE; existing worlds keep the prior client-only update behavior.

Blocks

• Extended Template:Cmd command behaviour with multi-blocks to Scripting fill block APIs, such as Template:Cd.
• The block component minecraft:block_entity no longer requires the experimental toggle from format version 1.26.20 onward.
• Removed Template:Cd component restrictions for multi-blocks, each part will have its own block entity by design.

Minecraft:Commands

• Added the Template:Cmd command, which lets dedicated-server operators save, delete, and check the status of the server identity key.

Minecraft:Dedicated server

• Template:Cd is now the default transport used by dedicated servers.
• Windows dedicated servers now use the correct application data directory.
• Added a dedicated server option to unpack optimized creator packs into loose files.

Entity components

• Made the Template:Cd component schema stricter for entity JSON at format version 1.26.50 and later.
• Added the Template:Cd component for entity definitions with a format version of 1.26.50 and later.
  • Entities with this component can stand on top of Minecraft:powder snow.
  • The Template:Cd type family no longer grants this behavior to entity definitions using format version 1.26.50 or later.
  • Entity definitions using an older format version that include the Template:Cd type family are automatically upgraded to include this component.
  • The Minecraft:endermite, Minecraft:fox, Minecraft:rabbit, and Minecraft:silverfish entity definitions no longer include the Template:Cd type family.
• Added the Template:Cd entity component.
  • When set, the entity is immune to movement slowdown from the specified blocks.

Minecraft:Sounds

• Released Template:Cd block component out of experimental.
  • It can be used to assign a set of sounds to block and its permutations similar to sound field in blocks.json.
  • blocks.json overrides values of Template:Cd component, including values in all permutations.

Structure Files

• Added version 2 of the structure (Template:Cd) file format.
  • The Template:Cd arrays are now stored as NBT IntArrayTags instead of a ListTag containing one IntTag per block, which significantly reduces the time and memory needed to save and load structures.
  • The second Template:Cd array is now optional in version 2 structure (Template:Cd) files, and is left out when nothing is stored in the extra block layer, making those files ~50% smaller.
  • Version 1 structures still load correctly, and are upgraded to version 2 the next time they are saved.
• All entity data has been saved again, even when it has default values.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs" and "Creator World Clocks Features" Minecraft:experimental toggles.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Added new tech and support for using scripting to interface with the VS Code debugger live diagnostics:
  • Added the class Template:Cd to access the new debugger diagnostics tech.
  • Added the class Template:Cd, used to represent a tab view in the debugger live diagnostics page.
  • Added the class Template:Cd, used to represent a single display view within a tab.
  • Added the class Template:Cd for representing data to be used with the live diagnostics.
  • Added the class Template:Cd for diagnostics related errors.
• Added the Template:Cd class to Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
  • Has properties for Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd to retrieve state of the world clock.
• Added Template:Cd class to Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
  • Has a Template:Cd function to allow registrations of new world clocks during startup.
• Added the Template:Cd class to Template:Cd in Template:Cd. This is thrown by Template:Cd when registration of a world clock fails.
• Added the Template:Cd class to Template:Cd in Template:Cd. This is thrown when trying to register a new world clock after reloading scripts.
• Added the Template:Cd class to Template:Cd in Template:Cd. This is thrown when trying to register world clocks outside of the Template:Cd.
• Added the Template:Cd class to Template:Cd in Template:Cd. This is thrown by Template:Cd when a world clock does not exist.
• Added the Template:Cd to Template:Cd in Template:Cd
• Added the Template:Cd function to the Template:Cd class in Template:Cd
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  • Added the optional Template:Cd parameter to Template:Cd for restricting traversal directions.

Minecraft:Features

• Added scripting API to query Points of Interest in the current dimension.

Fixes

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• Fixed the Minecraft:straw bed texture so it no longer contains floating pixels or extra pixels that are never visible in-game.
• Fixed Minecraft:totem of undying activation not synchronizing Minecraft:health when final health equals the original value.
• Fixed an issue where Minecraft:players and Minecraft:mobs could load in a world at (0,0,0) and lose all their Minecraft:items after reloading world.
• Fixed a bug with item in hand jittering with temporal anti-aliasing upscaling enabled.
• Fixed a bug where Minecraft:spiders and Minecraft:cave spiders would occasionally be slowed by Minecraft:cobwebs.
• Fixed an issue where mobs and players could reload with an inconsistent movement speed.
• Fixed realm role actions not showing correctly for certain roles.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while retrieving network addresses on Android.
• Fixed 'out of space' error displaying when attempting to download large items regardless of available space.
• Fixed an issue where setting the Cheats toggle to OFF during world creation would not reset cheats to default values.
• Fixed the Template:Cd property on Template:Cd when used with Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd.
• Fixed screens visited not mounting if another global route action happened while the screen was unmounting.
• Fixed Minecraft:book and quill's lighting value when on a Minecraft:lectern when block Light quality is set to volumetric lights or above.
• Fixed an issue that caused the brightness of some point lights to oscillate.