Pocket Edition v0.15.0 alpha

Alpha 0.15.0, the first release of the Friendly Update, is an update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition which added pistons, along with other planned additions and changes.

General

 * Sounds
 * Version exclusive : Added sounds for jumping on blocks.
 * Title screen
 * 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.
 * Version exclusive : Added eating animation for animals when feeding then.

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.
 * Version exclusive : Observer
 * BUD Block

Items

 * Raw mutton
 * Cooked mutton
 * Fire charges
 * Spawn eggs
 * Horse
 * Version exclusive : Zombie horse
 * Version exclusive : Skeleton horse
 * Donkey
 * Mule
 * Version exclusive : Stray
 * Version exclusive : Husk
 * Version exclusive : Wither skeleton
 * Name tags
 * Leads
 * Carrot on a stick
 * Tipped arrows
 * Version exclusive : Made with potion cauldrons.
 * Horse armor
 * Version exclusive : Leather horse armor
 * Can be dyed using cauldron.
 * Can be crafted with leather.

Mobs

 * Stray
 * Husk
 * Horse
 * Includes skeleton horse traps.
 * Mule
 * Donkey

World generation

 * New village types
 * Taiga village
 * Uses spruce wood instead of oak.
 * Savanna village
 * Uses acacia wood instead of oak.
 * Zombie village
 * Version exclusive : Buildings generate with moss stone floors.
 * Spawn zombie villagers instead of normal villagers.
 * The village generates without any doors or torches.
 * Jungle temple

General

 * Title screen
 * New scroll bar
 * Online play uses less bandwidth now.
 * Note blocks are a lot louder now.
 * When players name is Dinnerbone or Grumm, players model change to upside down model.
 * Inventory button
 * Now is more transparent.

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.
 * Nether Reactor Core
 * Different texture, still unobtainable
 * Rose Bush
 * Version exclusive: New texture.
 * Peony
 * Version exclusive: New texture.

Mobs

 * All Mobs
 * When named to Dinnerbone make mobs upside-down.
 * Skeletons
 * Added animation for shooting arrows and recharging bows.
 * Rabbits
 * When named to Toast changes their skin.
 * Sheep
 * When named to jeb_ have rainbow effect on skin.
 * Endermen
 * Can now rarely spawn in the Nether.

World generation

 * Desert temples
 * Now generate enchanted books in chests.

General

 * Possibly resource packs
 * Possibly commands

Planned changes

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

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.

Trivia

 * This is the first Pocket Edition update to receive an official name by Mojang.
 * This update also had the shortest amount of development builds to date, with 3 (5 if Realms is included) builds being released in the timespan of only 10 days.