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 Bedrock Edition 26.50, released on August 9, 2026, for iOS and iPadOS, and on August 11, 2026, for all remaining devices,^[1] which fixes bugs.

Concrete slabs and stairs

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

Jukebox

• Multiple jukeboxes can now play the same sounds independently.

Red shrub

• Now uses unique sounds.

Straw bed

• Now breaks faster with a hoe.

Wool stairs and slabs

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

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".

Abandoned camp

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

Graphical

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

Actor Components

• Made the minecraft:barter 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 minecraft:preferred_path 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 minecraft:behavior.follow_mob: Whenever the goal stops or is removed through a component group change, the mob's navigation is always interrupted.

API

• Released version 1.0.0 of @minecraft/server-graphics, promoting the module and all of its APIs out of beta.
  • @minecraft/server-graphics version 1.0.0 requires version 2.3.0 or later of @minecraft/server.

Block components

• Updated the Block JSON loader to support future optimizations and out of game upgrades.
• Leaves:
  • All leaves blocks now carry the minecraft:leaves tag.
    • Tree features match through tags": "query.any_tag('minecraft:leaves')" in may_replace 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.
• minecraft:tags:
  • The minecraft:is_shears_item_destructible block tag now also grants the shears breaking speed bonus, matching the behavior of the other is_*_item_destructible tags.

Blocks

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

Entity components

• Vulnerability to freezing damage from powder snow is no longer hardcoded at runtime and is instead defined by the minecraft:freezing_vulnerable component.
  • The following mobs will be upgraded to automatically have this component:
    • minecraft:blaze
    • minecraft:magma_cube
    • minecraft:strider

Gameplay

• The minecraft:default_biome 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 minecraft:default_biome 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 minecraft: 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 query.is_pack_setting_selected.
  • world.getPackSettings() now can return an array of strings for multiselect options in @minecraft/server beta.
  • PackSettingsChangeAfterEvent.settingValue now can be an array of strings for multiselect options in @minecraft/server beta.

Sounds

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

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

API

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

25 issues fixed

From released versions before 26.50

• MCPE-89543 – PlayStation GUI scale modifier resetting after restarting game.
• MCPE-147584 – Blocks can be placed on the chain, which should not be placed on them.
• MCPE-190746 – Chains prevent spawns one block below them.
• MCPE-232536 – Lanterns can be placed on the bottom of horizontal chains.
• MCPE-235723 – "Leave Boat" button texture is corrupted when using "D-Pad & tap to interact".
• MCPE-236819 – Localization fragments may appear incorrectly in hovers.
• MCPE-239750 – Using a bucket on a sulfur cube may pick up liquid or powder snow located at the world origin.
• MCPE-240014 – All colors of poplar leaves block other saplings but poplar from growing up.
• MCPE-240057 – Sculk sensors pick up vibrations from dropped wool slabs and stairs.
• MCPE-240164 – Wool slabs and stairs are not broken faster when using shears.
• MCPE-240331 – Seagrass in abandoned camp is not filled by water.
• MCPE-240466 – Cushion breaks when placed in the same block space as chains.
• MCPE-240477 – Different cushion dismount message compared to Java.
• MCPE-240495 – Shelf mushrooms render behind snow layers in the inventory.
• MCPE-240501 – Flowing water in dappled forests is opaque.
• MCPE-240778 – Cushions break when sharing a block space with a honey block and sniffer egg.
• MCPE-240780 – /summon cushion spawns a black cushion by default instead of white.

From the 26.50 development versions

• MCPE-241279 – Cushion can be broken in the Adventure game mode.
• MCPE-241352 – Stonecutter recipes for concrete stairs and slabs are missing.

Other

• Fixed an issue that caused the sky to render incorrectly when seen through boats in Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed an issue where using a lava bucket on a cow produced a milk bucket.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when flying over or through 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 Player.playSound method could result in read-only errors when writing new properties to the player class afterwards.
• Fixed an error when deeplinking from the subscribe now button from the Marketplace Pass site while client is closed.

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