Bedrock Edition Preview 26.40.26

Beta 26.40.26 (ChromeOS, Android) or Preview 26.40.26 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the third beta/Preview for Bedrock Edition 26.40, released on June 14, 2026, for iOS and iPadOS, and on June 17, 2026, for all remaining devices,^[1] which fixes bugs.

Fence

• Fences in generated structures now connect correctly to their neighbors.

Sulfur spike

• Limited how long spikes can grow.

Beds

• Updated item sprites to match the appearance of the blocks.

Ender dragon

• Now deflects projectiles when perching.

Player

• Players in Creative mode now deflect projectiles.

Sulfur cube

• Can no longer absorb observers or redstone lamps.
• Now deflects projectiles while a block is absorbed.

Boat

• Decreased health from 40HP × 20 to 4HP to match Java Edition.
• Now regenerates ¹⁄₁₀ health per game tick to match Java Edition.

Projectiles

• Blocked projectiles no longer bounce off targets too early.

Menu screen

• Changed the in-game logo for Minecraft Beta to match with Minecraft Preview.

Music

• Now correctly plays in lush caves, meadows, stony peaks, snowy slopes, frozen peaks, and swamps.

UI

• Improved narration of navigation tabs, toggles and smelting context of slots in the furnace.
• Removed the possibility to trigger older join Realm menus from using an invite link desktop shortcut.
• Made various adjustments to the UI of the "Slots" tab in the Realms Hub to improve visual clarity and consistency.
• Renamed the Content tab header on the Marketplace Pass product page to "Included in Marketplace Pass", surfaced the "ALL PACKS" and "CHARACTER CREATOR SETS" buttons above the pack grid, and moved the descriptive content type block to the bottom of the tab.

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 1.26.40 and newer:
  • minecraft:annotation.open_door
  • minecraft:bucketable
  • minecraft:hide
  • minecraft:managed_wandering_trader
  • minecraft:persistent
  • minecraft:trade_resupply
  • minecraft:trust

API

• Released class PlayerStartBreakingBlockAfterEvent, class PlayerStartBreakingBlockAfterEventSignal, class PlayerCancelBreakingBlockAfterEvent, class PlayerCancelBreakingBlockAfterEventSignal, and interface PlayerBreakingBlockEventOptions from beta to v2.9.0.

Graphical

• Optimized FrameGraph topological sorting algorithm by replacing DFS-based approach with Kahn's algorithm for improved performance and clarity.

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

Blocks

• Each pack now has its own 1KBytes block dynamic properties limit instead of being global.
  • The storage structure was updated, the saved properties will be lost.
• Block-entity's dynamic-properties are now serialized in a readable NBT format, similar to their item-stack and entity counterparts.
• Block-entity's dynamic-properties stored on an item-stack can now be modified through the new set method.

Graphical

• Re-enabled colored block light migration to GPU as well as their influence on volumetric fog.

28 issues fixed

From released versions before 26.40

• MCPE-44493 – Arrows shot at dragons pass right through them.
• MCPE-49850 – Beds still use the old color palette in the inventory.
• MCPE-62683 – Boats have 40 health (20 hearts).
• MCPE-236296 – Vibrant Visuals: Green noise / outline appears on distant blocks.
• MCPE-237394 – Items go under the searchbar.
• MCPE-237456 – PlayStation: Can no longer play split screen.
• MCPE-238160 – Controller settings menu inverts A, B, Y and X buttons, and Emote menu inverts X and Y buttons on Nintendo Switch.
• MCPE-238423 – Sulfur Cubes push entities without touching.
• MCPE-239096 – Worlds in the “Shared” folder cannot be uploaded to the cloud and show misleading error.
• MCPE-239128 – Thrown projectiles briefly render as solid colors when Texture Streaming is enabled.
• MCPE-239135 – Ignited TNT smoke particles don't resemble Java Edition.

From the 26.40 development versions

• MCPE-239433 – Hardcore mode toggle displays no heart icon (in-game world settings screen).

Other

• Fixed an issue where a friend's world could not be joined with the "A" button after dismissing the "Online play is not rated" warning screen.
• Fixed transparent blocks such as water and ice rendering in front of clouds when Vibrant Visuals is off.
• Fixed an issue where insides of a block would not be rendered while taking a screenshot inside the block.
• Fixed bundles not reliably playing the pickup-pop animation in the Hotbar when picked up.
• Fixed an issue where character creator changes could revert to their previous appearance after restarting the game.
• Fixed an error that occurred when opening Realms Hub without Admin permissions.
• Fixed an issue where the Active Behaviour or Resource pack tab in Edit World would not be selected by default when there was at least 1 active pack.
• Fixed restart modal showing for region settings when no changes were made.
• Fixed critical hit sounds and some jumping/landing sounds not being affected by the "Player" sounds volume control.
• Fixed a bug where selected resource and behavior packs were removed from the active list after viewing a pack's technical details when creating a new world.
• Fixed the side panel on the Report Player screen narrating itself as a story post instead of describing the player being reported.
• Fixed an issue where non-operator players connected to a dedicated server could see the world seed in the Game Settings menu.
• Fixed an issue where Dimension.fillBlocks would not work when called with a block filter.
• Fixed an occasional crash when loading structures.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading NBT data with excessively deep nesting of compound and list tags.
• Fixed an issue where game sessions were unable to be joined when the system clock was off by over a year.