Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha

Alpha 0.12.1 is an upcoming update to Minecraft Pocket Edition with a possible release date in August 2015. The release was initially intended to coincide with the release of the Windows 10 version on July 29, 2015 but encountered obstacles in its development, forcing it to be delayed.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * Enchanting
 * Brewing

Blocks

 * Enchantment tables
 * Version exclusive : Book on table glows
 * Anvils
 * All 3 damage types
 * Brewing stands
 * Mob heads
 * Inventory icons are not 3-D
 * Flower pots
 * Soul sand
 * Nether brick fence
 * Nether quartz ore

Items

 * Potions
 * Splash potions
 * Golden carrots
 * Nether warts
 * Glistering melons
 * Golden apples
 * Enchanted golden apples
 * Rabbit's foot (creative only as rabbits have not been added yet)
 * Blaze rods
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tears
 * Spider eyes
 * Fermented spider eyes
 * Bottles o' enchanting
 * Poisonous potatoes

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeballs
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apples
 * Coal
 * Charcoal
 * Iron Ingot
 * Gold Ingot
 * Emeralds
 * Diamonds
 * Raw Porkchop
 * Cooked Porkchop
 * Steak
 * Raw Chicken
 * Cooked Chicken
 * Baked Potato
 * Bread
 * String
 * Beetroot
 * Beetroot Soup
 * Mushroom Soup
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants
 * Leather Armor
 * Iron Armor
 * Gold Armor
 * Diamond Armor

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Nether portals can also be up to 23x23 in size
 * All items previously obtained through the Nether reactor are now available through their normal means.
 * Nether fortresses

Mobs

 * Iron golems
 * Snow golems
 * Version exclusive : Shows jack o' lantern as the head if used for building, in place of the pumpkin
 * Ocelots
 * Zombie villagers
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered
 * Blazes

General

 * Graphics
 * Tinted water - gradient from aqua to dark blue when viewed from a distance
 * Relocated pause and chat button
 * Version exclusive : Leaves in snowy taigas now appear frost-covered
 * Scrollbar
 * Always visible
 * New texture
 * The player can now swim in lava

Mobs

 * Burning mobs have a sizzling particle effect once extinguished
 * Mobs will now drop experience when killed
 * Zombie
 * Zombies now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Zombies now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Skeletons
 * Skeletons now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Improve accuracy
 * Skeletons now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Spawning a Skeleton in the nether can turn into a wither skeleton
 * Slimes
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cubes
 * Magma cubes and ghasts now spawn naturally
 * Magma cubes now split when killed
 * Zombie pigmen
 * Zombie pigmen are now neutral
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Villagers
 * Villagers can now open and close doors
 * Spiders
 * Spiders now have walking sound

Blocks and items

 * New inventory icons for boats
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor blocks exist, but are rendered useless
 * Foods
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layers
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity

Planned additions

 * Possibly in-game music
 * May be downloadable only as a free in-app purchase on Android and Windows devices

Fixes
3 bugs fixed


 * Touchpad implementation fixed on the Sony Xperia Play
 * – You can't get out of lava
 * – Unable to enter new text upon removing formatting