Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.20.23 beta and preview patch notes: Leads parity change, bug fixes, and more

Minecraft Bedrock fans have been eagerly looking forward to new betas and previews, especially since the official announcement of bundles nearly two weeks ago. Unfortunately, the new Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.20.23 patch is likely to be another disappointment for players.

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.20.23 update lacks major features, like bundles, that players were excited about. This new beta and preview bring many bug fixes and technical updates, along with a parity fix related to how leads interact with boats. Without further ado, let's dive into the latest Minecraft Bedrock patch notes.

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Minecraft 1.21.20.23 beta and preview patch notes: All you need to know

Features and Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where Apple Pencil was not recognized as a valid input method (MCPE-158895)

Blocks

• "light_block_0" and its derivatives now have their block sound defined (MCPE-183449)

Game Tips

• The Swim game tip can now only appears when not breathing in water

Gameplay

• Fixed an instance where input could stop working as expected when using Touch Controls and Custom Cameras

Text Input

• Fixed an issue where content of the previously used text field was carried over to Signs on Xbox (MCPE-182645)

User Interface

• The chat quick access history no longer stores duplicate chat entries

User Interface Gameplay

• Fixed flickering item icon when quick moving a stack to non-empty stacks

Vanilla Parity

• Leads now attach to the front of Boats, instead of to their center (MCPE-182145)

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Technical Updates

Editor

Updates this week:

• Updated block hotbar to have non-air defaults
• Added persistence for the default hotbar
• Added "ExtensionContext.settings.theme" which will represent the In-World UI Theme
• This feature currently has three functions: resolveColorKey(string): Color, setCurrentTheme(string): void, and getThemeList(): string[]
• There is a single "minecraft:default" theme
• Future work will add the ability to create, modify, and delete custom themes but the default themes will not be modifiable
• Updated subset of PropertyPane API to use IObservable pattern.
• Added an alternative Property Pane addVector3API that leverages type safe IObservable Observables can be created using makeObservable API
• Added interfaces IVector3PropertyItemand IVector3PropertyItemOptions for the new property item
• Renamed function to create property bag Vector3 to addVector3_deprecated
• Added an alternative Property Pane addBoolAPI that leverages type safe IObservableProp value API
• Added interfaces IBoolPropertyItemand IBoolPropertyItemOptions for the new property item
• Renamed function to create property bag bool item to addBool_deprecated
• Converted Property Pane addText API to use IObservableProp
• Added interfaces IButtonPropertyItemand IButtonPropertyItemOptions for the button property item
• IPropertyPane addButtonAPI can now take a plain function
• Removed ButtonVarianttype, and added ButtonPropertyItemVariant enum API
• Renamed EDITOR_PANE_PROPERTY_ITEM_TYPEenum API to PropertyItemType
• Converted property pane addImageAPI to support IObservable. It will also be possible to use custom image formats like icon and block with ImageResourceData as value
• Added onClickfunction and alignment property to IImagePropertyItemOptions API

Entity Components

• Improved "behavior.follow_owner" teleportation logic:
• Entities now seamlessly resume navigation after teleporting to their owner
• Added the "post_teleport_distance" field, allowing to specify how far from its owner an entity will be placed after teleporting
• If no value is specified, "stop_distance" increased by one will be used
• These changes only affect entities with format version of 1.21.20 or above

General

• Removed the "Holiday Creator Features" experiment. Content that uses the experimental features may no longer function correctly.

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Technical Experimental Updates

Creator Camera - Focus Target

• Focus target experiment is now available, more functionality to come in future releases
• A new camera command has been added to target entities and keep them in center screen
• Includes option to add an offset from the center of the entity
• Includes option to remove the target