Bedrock Edition beta 1.20.30.22

Beta 1.20.30.22 (Android) or Preview 1.20.30.22 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the third beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.20.30, released on August 17, 2023, which brings more parity from , and fixes bugs.

Technical

 * JSON
 * Released the  item component out of experimental in JSON formats 1.20.30 and higher.
 * Added  item component to enable and set text on the interact button in JSON formats 1.20.30 and above.

Blocks

 * Colored Terracota
 * The IDs of  have now been split up into their own IDs.

Gameplay

 * Game rules
 * The  game rule is now set to   by default.

General

 * Options
 * "Text to Speech" narrator will now read out the instruction text as well as the confirm button in the "Safe Area" menu.


 * UI
 * Updated the "Play screen".
 * The "Friends" tab and "Realms" tab are now separated, for clearer feature separation.
 * The "Create New World" flow and "Create From Template" flow are now separated for a clearer path into the game.
 * The "Pause menu" has been renamed to "Game menu".

Technical

 * Bedrock Editor
 * Released the version.

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

Technical

 * API
 * Added  and.
 * Added upper maximum limit of 255 to amount property - will throw if exceeds.
 * Added function  - Gets an entity property.
 * Added function  - Sets an entity property during the next tick.
 * Added function resetProperty(identifier: string): boolean | number | string; - Resets an entity property to its default value during the next tick and returns the default value.
 * Added event/property.
 * Renamed event/property  to.
 * Class
 * Renamed field  to.
 * Added field.
 * Added class.
 * Added field.
 * Moved  to   and changed enum values to uppercase.
 * Moved  to.
 * return type now correctly set to  or.
 * return type now correctly set to  or.
 * API can now take an optional duration parameter to set the weather duration.
 * Added  property   - Gets min/max dimension height limits.
 * Adding  and.
 * return type now correctly set to  or.
 * return type now correctly set to  or.
 * API can now take an optional duration parameter to set the weather duration.
 * Added  property   - Gets min/max dimension height limits.
 * Adding  and.
 * Adding  and.

Fixes

 * Other
 * Fixed ZL/ZR icons for Joy-Con and Switch Pro controller on Android.
 * Fixed lighting of items in hand in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
 * Optimization and fixes for point light contributions.