Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 26.50.25

Beta 26.50.25 (ChromeOS, Android) or Preview 26.50.25 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the fourth beta/Preview for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.50, released on August 9, 2026, for iOS and iPadOS, and on August 11, 2026, for all remaining devices,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which fixes bugs.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Concrete slabs and stairs

• Can now be obtained by cutting Minecraft:concrete in a Minecraft:stonecutter.

Minecraft:Jukebox

• Multiple jukeboxes can now play the same sounds independently.

Minecraft:Red shrub

• Now uses unique sounds.

Minecraft:Straw bed

• Now breaks faster with a Minecraft:hoe.

Minecraft:Wool stairs and slabs

• Now break faster with Minecraft:shears.
• Can now be used to craft Minecraft:paintings.

Items

Minecraft:Explorer map

• "Buried Ancient City Camp Map" has been renamed to "Buried Ancient City Map".
• "Buried Mineshaft Camp Map" has been renamed to "Buried Mineshaft Map".
• "Desert Temple Camp Map" has been renamed to "Desert Pyramid Map".
• "Warm Ocean Ruins Camp Map" has been renamed to "Warm Ocean Ruins Map".

World generation

Minecraft:Abandoned camp

• Minecraft:Barrels can now contain Minecraft:white cushions and Minecraft:straw beds.
• Minecraft:Explorer maps can no longer lead to other camps in the same biome that they were looted from.
• Replaced Minecraft:firework rockets with Minecraft:gunpowder in loot tables.

General

Graphical

• Changed the map color of Minecraft:red shrubs to match with Minecraft:crimson nylium.
• Changed the map color of Minecraft:shelf mushrooms to match with Minecraft:yellow terracotta.

UI

• Achievement warnings are no longer displayed in Preview and beta builds.
• Realms Plus subscribers who open Marketplace Pass from the Marketplace sidebar now go straight to the View All Packs screen instead of the subscription page.

Technical

Actor Components

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

AI components

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

AI Goals

• Updated Template:Cd: Whenever the goal stops or is removed through a component group change, the mob's navigation is always interrupted.

Minecraft:API

• Released version 1.0.0 of Template:Cd, promoting the module and all of its APIs out of beta.
  • Template:Cd version 1.0.0 requires version 2.3.0 or later of Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Block components

• Updated the Block JSON loader to support future optimizations and out of game upgrades.
• Minecraft:Leaves:
  • All leaves blocks now carry the Template:Cd tag.
    • Minecraft:Tree features match through Template:Cd in Template:Cd instead of listing each leaves block by name, so a new leaves block no longer has to be added to every tree feature to be grown through.
• Template:Cd:
  • The Template:Cd block tag now also grants the shears breaking speed bonus, matching the behavior of the other Template:Cd tags.

Minecraft:Blocks

• Released horizontal multi-blocks; these are blocks defined with the Template:Cd trait with a direction field that is horizontal.
  • The Upcoming Creator Features experiment is still required for them if Template:Cd is less than 1.26.50.
• Minecraft:Chorus Plant:
  • Chorus plant blocks now expose the Template:Cd block states reflecting which adjacent chorus plants and Minecraft:chorus flowers they connect to.
• Minecraft:Fire:
  • Fire blocks now expose the Template:Cd block states reflecting the flammable and supporting blocks around them.

Entity components

• Vulnerability to freezing damage from Minecraft:powder snow is no longer hardcoded at runtime and is instead defined by the Template:Cd component.
  • The following mobs will be upgraded to automatically have this component:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd

Gameplay

• The Template:Cd component in the dimension JSON is now optional and only supported on custom dimensions; using it on a vanilla dimension now produces a content error instead of being silently accepted.
• Added the Template:Cd component to custom dimension JSON, allowing creators to configure the biome a custom dimension generates with.
• Added support for defining custom dimensions with JSON and configuring custom dimension heights.

JSON Schema

• The JSON document upgrader now differentiates base game JSON from creator JSON, so base game content may use the Template:Cd namespace while creator content continues to be validated against creator namespace rules.

Packs

• System packs that fail to load their manifest file or fail to execute their script plugin will now stop the dedicated server.

Pack Settings

• Added a new multiselect pack setting type, letting pack authors declare a list of options.
  • Molang can query for active options in the multiselect via Template:Cd.
  • Template:Cd now can return an array of strings for multiselect options in Template:Cd beta.
  • Template:Cd now can be an array of strings for multiselect options in Template:Cd beta.

Minecraft:Sounds

• Added Template:Cd to sound objects in Template:Cd, allowing streamed ordinary sound events to play independent simultaneous instances. The field defaults to true in format version 1.26.50 and later.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs" Minecraft:experimental toggle.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Scripting websockets now send a ping packet to the socket server every 45 seconds instead of every second.
• The Template:Cd payload in sounds/sound_definitions.json now accepts an optional Template:Cd field on each definition specifying an XZ range in blocks.

Fixes

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• Fixed an issue that caused the Minecraft:sky to render incorrectly when seen through Minecraft:boats in Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed an issue where using a Minecraft:lava bucket on a Minecraft:cow produced a Minecraft:milk bucket.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when flying over or through Minecraft:water bodies with entities nearby.
• Fixed a double toast notification happening while importing an old world from a PlayStation 4 preview to a PlayStation 5 preview.
• Fixed a bug where calling the Template:Cd method could result in read-only errors when writing new properties to the Minecraft:player class afterwards.
• Fixed an error when deeplinking from the subscribe now button from the Marketplace Pass site while client is closed.

Trivia

• The changelog incorrectly states that Minecraft:husks and Minecraft:zombies now preserve their equipment when turning into zombies and Minecraft:drowned, respectively.