Pocket Edition v0.15.0 alpha/Development versions

This is a list of Pocket Edition v0.15.0 alpha development versions.

v0.15.0 alpha build 1^[1] is the first build version released for v0.15.0, also known as the Friendly Update.^[1]

• Achievements for iOS and Android
  • Version exclusive: More achievements.
  • Is accessed from the home screen
• Online multiplayer with Xbox Live friends
• New UI for the main menu, shared with the Windows 10 Edition
• New UI for the skins menu, it has a skin selection carousel that is similar to Console Edition

• Pig riding
  • Version exclusive: New sound when accelerates.
• Interact buttons
  • Boost, used when riding a pig with a carrot on a stick.
  • Name, used for name mobs using name tags.

• Pistons and sticky pistons
  • Version exclusive: New animation; piston arm is visibly thicker at the bottom.
  • Version exclusive: Can push block entities such as chests.
  • Version exclusive: Blocks that stick to walls (such as levers) can now be placed on pistons or sticky pistons.
• Observer
  • BUD block

• Raw mutton
  • Cooked mutton
• Fire charges
• Spawn eggs
  • Horse
    • Zombie horse
    • Skeleton horse
    • Mule
    • Donkey
  • Stray
  • Husk
  • Wither skeleton
• Name tags
• Leads
• Carrot on a stick
• Tipped arrows
  • Version exclusive: Made with potion cauldrons.
• Horse armor
  • Leather horse armor
    • Version exclusive: Can be dyed using a cauldron.
    • Can be crafted with leather.

• Stray
• Husk
• Horse
  • Includes skeleton horse traps.
• Zombie horse
• Mule
• Donkey

• New taiga and zombie village types.
• Jungle temple

• Version exclusive: Experience bar is visible in Creative.
• Online play uses less bandwidth now.
• Note blocks are a lot louder now.

• Shears
  • Now lose durability when breaking any kind of blocks.

• Trapdoors
  • No longer require supporting blocks.
• Paintings
  • Now have sounds when placed and broken.

v0.15.0 alpha build 2^[2] is the second build version released for v0.15.0, also known as the Friendly Update.

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• Players no longer spawn in tree leaves.
• Restored GUI scale options.
• Tweaked grass path texture.
• Tweaked rose bush & peony textures.
• Fixed enchantment table UI close button.

• Fixed some crashes happening in specific situations.
• Walking past buttons no longer trigger suffocation overlay.
• Existing dye color not overwritten when mixing colors in a cauldron.
• Torches and redstone torches fixed so that they don't drop when a block is placed or removed by it.
• Restrict hosting or joining games while on your mobile network (instead of being limited to wifi) to prevent huge bills on metered networks.
• Riders no longer riding in circles if horse has been idle for a while.
• Fixed spider jockeys in multiplayer.
• Fixes to feed button & feeding animals on touch devices.
• Bug fixes for sticky pistons.
• You can chat while sleeping in a bed again.
• Fixed graphics glitches while riding a horse.

v0.15.0 alpha build 3^[3] is the third and final build version released for v0.15.0, also known as the Friendly Update.

• Fixed black terrain and invisible skins.