Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 26.60.24

Beta 26.60.24 (ChromeOS, Android, Nintendo Switch 2), Preview 26.60.24 (Windows, Xbox), or Preview 26.60.27 (iOS, iPadOS) is the third beta/Preview for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.60, released on September 16, 2026, for Windows, Xbox, ChromeOS, and Android, and on September 17, 2026, for iOS and iPadOS,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which fixes bugs.

This version was released for the Minecraft:Nintendo Switch 2 closed beta on September 22, 2026, being the fifth closed beta.

Changes

Mobs

Minecraft:Armor stand

• Now correctly reject invalid equipment swaps and swap equipped items directly with items held by players.

Minecraft:Cat

• Babies now have a unique animation for sneaking, sprinting, and walking.Template:Note

General

Graphical

• The sky fades in when Minecraft:Blindness and Minecraft:Night Vision are both active.

Minecraft:Realms

• Updated the Add Members screens with Minecraft:Ore UI.
  • Players other than friends can now be invited.
  • The new screen features a search filter for gamertags, and shows the friend, follower, and recently played with lists.
  • A new Member settings screen shows the default player permission option and button to clear all members.
  • The invite links screen still uses the old UI.
  • Individual player permissions are now managed on a screen merged with the "Edit role" screen.
  • Blocked members are now shown on the main members list and can be unblocked there.
  • All member lists (notifiers, opted out) now have a button to open their permission/role edit/info screen.
• Added applied packs list to Realms Hub world tab for player view.
• Updated admin log invite player action text.
• Added player list loading modal to roles and permissions screen.

UI

• Screen narration now pauses between each bullet point in Realms plan picker details.
• Progress bars now have a minimum of 3:1 non-text contrast ratio against the default menu background.
• When placing blocks at the height limit the game no longer spams error messages.
• Improved screen reader context readout when exiting text fields.
• Tag Panel in PDP Description now enabled even for items that don't have Subgenre or PlayerCount (Addons, Skins, Textures).
• Graphics mode buttons now remain responsive after switching to Vibrant Visuals and adjusting brightness.
• The Inbox now finishes loading when categories arrive after the page opens.
• Vietnamese and Lao combining marks now render without extra spacing or unwanted dotted circles.

Technical

AI Components

• Made schemas for the following components stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.60 and newer:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd field has changed to only accept an array format.
  • Template:Cd

Minecraft:API

• Released Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd from beta to scripts version Template:Cd.
• Released the Template:Cd option on Template:Cd and Template:Cd from beta to scripts version Template:Cd.
• Infinitely-looping sounds (Template:Cd) stop automatically when the last Template:Cd reference is dropped; retain the handle to keep the sound playing.
• Released server sound definitions from beta with format version Template:Cd.
• The field Template:Cd in Template:Cd now accepts int ranges, making it possible to configure trees to have varying thicknesses. Old configurations are still supported and will give the same behavior as previously.
• Template:Cd:
  • Added Template:Cd, which exposes the gizmo's rotation rings as a Template:Cd.
  • Added rotation configuration on Template:Cd: the enabled rotation axes, the rotation origin offset, a preferred ring radius, and a visual-only step.
  • Added rotation lifecycle events through Template:Cd, which report grabbed, moved, released, and cancelled rotations in degrees with their source widget and component.

Blocks

• Template:Cd will no longer accept single box objects from v1.26.60 onwards in favor of only using arrays.

Entity components

• Made schemas for the following components stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.60 and newer:
  • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd now only accepts an array format.
  • Template:Cd
    • Added new fields in versions 1.26.60 and newer:
      • Template:Cd: A list of block descriptors for blocks that the trail can replace. Defaults to only replacing air when omitted.
      • Template:Cd: The radius of the horizontal square of blocks placed by the trail, centered on spawn_offset. Accepts values from Template:Cd to Template:Cd; Template:Cd uses the legacy four-corner placement behavior.
      • Template:Cd: When Template:Cd, replaces blocks matching Template:Cd even when normal block placement rules would prevent placement. Defaults to Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Item components

• [[Minecraft:Item components#minecraft:durability_sensor|Template:Cd]]:
  • Template:Cd now accepts the name of any sound event defined in Template:Cd, in addition to the built-in sound event names, starting with format version 1.26.50 and no longer requires the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
• [[Minecraft:Item components#minecraft:swing_sounds|Template:Cd]]:
  • Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd now accept the name of any sound event defined in Template:Cd, in addition to the built-in sound event names, starting with format version 1.26.50 and no longer requires the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
• [[Minecraft:Item components#minecraft:use_modifiers|Template:Cd]]:
  • Template:Cd now accepts the name of any sound event defined in Template:Cd, in addition to the built-in sound event names, starting with format version 1.26.50 and no longer requires the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.

Minecraft:UI

• Bitmap fonts can now configure ASCII glyph cell height and vertical offset in an optional JSON file beside their first ASCII atlas, using Template:Cd and Template:Cd.
• Setting Template:Cd to Template:Cd in the atlas metadata selects extended character mapping and defaults the glyph height to 12 and vertical offset to -3; explicit height and offset values override these defaults.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Upcoming Creator Features", and "Render Dragon Features for Creators" Minecraft:experimental toggles.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd and Template:Cd.
• Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd and Template:Cd.

Blocks

• Introduced the Template:Cd event that custom components can listen to.
  • A block can schedule a named tick with Template:Cd, which takes a name and tick delay as parameters.
  • A block can check if at least one named tick is already scheduled with Template:Cd, which takes a name as sole parameter.
  • A block can remove all scheduled named ticks matching a name with Template:Cd, which takes a name as sole parameter.
  • When handling the event from Template:Cd, Template:Cd can be leveraged to filter out events based on their name.
  • Named ticks are grouped by content packs, two content packs can schedule the same named tick, but Template:Cd will return differently based on the content pack calling the method.
  • Up to 4 named ticks can be scheduled at a given time on the same block position.
  • The name of a scheduled named tick cannot be longer than 31 characters.
  • Changing the block at a position wipes its scheduled named ticks.
  • Changing the permutation at a position does not wipe its scheduled named ticks.

DDUI

• Added support for multi button row at message box in beta. Button layout could be vertical or horizontal.
• New interface Template:Cd:
  • Field Template:Cd: Sets the desired layout for the buttons, true for horizontal, false for vertical. Default value is false.
• Class Template:Cd:
  • New constructor optional parameter Template:Cd.
  • New method Template:Cd. Allows to add a third button to the message box.

Fixes

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• Fixed an issue where user could see themselves as admin in the members list but their actions would not update until leaving and re-entering realm hub.
• Fixed missing label narration for toggles, sliders, input binding, and button panels in Settings.
• Fixed Arcana glyphs not appearing in Minecraft:enchanting table slots.
• Fixed a bug where point lights would not cast shadows in Minecraft:the Nether or deep underground.