Bedrock Edition 1.8.0

1.8 is an upcoming major update for Bedrock Edition, which adds some of the features of Village and Pillage.

Additions

 * Pandas
 * Spawn in jungles
 * Stray cats
 * Spawn in villages
 * Can be tamed using fish
 * Ocelots are no longer tamable
 * Players can now feed ocelots to gain their trust
 * Bamboo
 * Can be found while fishing in jungles and will appear in some chests (spawning naturally in the world will come in a future update).
 * Scaffolding
 * A new climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo.

Changes

 * Phantoms are now afraid of cats and will not swoop while cats are around
 * Increased the size of Tropical fish (MCPE-35877)
 * Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg
 * The splash screen now has an animated loading bar
 * The following commands can now be run in game without turning on cheats:
 * /gamerule showcoordinates
 * /gamerule dofiretick
 * /gamerule tntexplodes
 * /gamerule domobloot
 * /gamerule naturalregeneration
 * /gamerule dotiledrops
 * /gamerule pvp
 * Command blocks now have the default name of “!” instead of “@”
 * Added randomTickSpeed gamerule
 * More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page
 * The autocomplete list for player mentions now work in slash commands
 * You can now send links to your favorite Marketplace content using the share button

Fixes

 * Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
 * Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs
 * Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in
 * Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile
 * Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR
 * Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish
 * Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash
 * Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recently added Windows 10 feature (MCPE-36274)
 * Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack (MCPE-19535)
 * Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks (MCPE-35857)
 * Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat (MCPE-17144)
 * Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation (MCPE-14426)
 * Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails (MCPE-21863)
 * Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs (MCPE-19156)
 * Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct number of empty buckets to the player (MCPE-37387)
 * Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken (MCPE-16141)
 * Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled (MCPE-23498)
 * Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken (MCPE-37328)
 * Players will now face forwards when entering a boat (MCPE-36795)
 * Removed "MCPE!" from the list of splash screen messages (MCPE-36741)
 * Water now renders correctly when surrounded by Barrier Blocks
 * Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse
 * Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game (MCPE-31242)
 * Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices
 * The achievement button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live
 * Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming
 * The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
 * Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position (MCPE-13799)
 * Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled (MCPE-37492)
 * Large Slimes and Magma Cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size (MCPE-18518)
 * Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block (MCPE-37155)
 * Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated (MCPE-36917)
 * Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome (MCPE-19015)
 * Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should (MCPE-37257)
 * The "Body Guard" achievement can now be unlocked after creating an Iron Golem (MCPE-33686)
 * Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels
 * The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch
 * The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly (MCPE-13758)
 * Players no longer fall through Shulker Boxes as they open (MCPE-28812)
 * Improved the loading time of various game files
 * Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality
 * Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10 (MCPE-37269)
 * Added a underscore to frozen_river in the biomes_client.json so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries (MCPE-36799)
 * The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat
 * Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer (MCPE-34864)
 * Potion of Slow Falling will now slow down Elytra descent (MCPE-34926)
 * Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls (MCPE-32635)
 * Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted
 * The player's hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow
 * Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area (MCPE-33788)
 * Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed
 * Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labelled correctly on the Settings screen
 * Controller hints now show the correct usage of "Open" and "Use" when looking at containers
 * Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
 * Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows
 * Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps
 * Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause lag (MCPE-27167)