Pocket Edition v0.15.0 alpha

Alpha 0.15.0, the first release of the Friendly Update, is an upcoming update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition with no set release date which added Realms, along with other planned additions and changes.

General

 * Realms
 * Requires logging in to Microsoft Xbox Live account
 * Title screen
 * Realms button
 * Replaces the location of the Options button
 * Options button
 * Is now an icon
 * Skins button
 * Is now an icon
 * Achievements for iOS and Android
 * Version exclusive : More achievements.
 * 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 skin selection carousel that is similar to Console Edition

Gameplay

 * 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.

Blocks

 * 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 : Block entities that stick to walls (such as levers) can now be placed on pistons or sticky pistons.
 * Observer
 * BUD Block

Items

 * 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.
 * Version exclusive : Leather horse armor
 * Can be dyed using cauldron.

Mobs

 * Stray
 * Husk
 * Horse
 * Includes skeleton horse traps.
 * Mule
 * Donkey
 * Can be ridden
 * Can equip a Saddle to them.

World generation

 * New taiga and savanna village types
 * Jungle temple

General

 * Title screen
 * Options button is now an icon, moved to the bottom-right of the screen, next to the Languages button
 * New scroll bar
 * Version exclusive: Experience bar is visible in Creative.
 * Online play uses less bandwidth now.
 * Note blocks are a lot louder now.

Items

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

Blocks

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

Fixes

 * Fixed a lot of crashes!
 * Fixed a couple of bugs causing data to be lost or world corruption.
 * A whole bunch of redstone fixes from the community feedback.
 * Lots of multiplayer desynchronization fixes.
 * Less flickering of the block selection highlight!
 * Glass doesn’t become green anymore.
 * Fixed chests generation in dungeons and desert temples.
 * Walking far from spawn generates a lot less jittering now.
 * – Fences and Cobblestone Wall placed in Item Frames are invisible.
 * – Nether Wart block has wrong shape when placed at Soul Sand.
 * – Cobblestone wall are connected to sideways fence gate.
 * – Incorrect position when fence gate is opened.
 * – Paintings not adhered to the wall.
 * – Note Block's audio is too low.

Planned additions

 * Possibly command blocks
 * If added, they will have slightly different commands due to limitations.
 * Possibly resource packs
 * Possibly commands

Planned changes

 * Version exclusive : Villagers may have dialogue
 * Version exclusive : Possibly new biomes

Trivia

 * This is the first Pocket Edition update to receive an official name by Mojang.