Java Edition upcoming features

This page is about features that have been announced by official Mojang employees.

The next update for Minecraft will be 1.7.

New platforms/releases

 * On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft. It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.
 * Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3. On the 25th of May 2011 a demonstration video was uploaded on Mojang's YouTube channel
 * The full version of Minecraft is planned to be released on the 11th of November, which is in days.
 * On June 6th, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360, possibly on the Kinect