Console Edition upcoming features

This page is about upcoming features that have been announced by Mojang and 4J Studios employees (and tweets). {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" ! Version ! style="width: 5em" | PC equivalent ! Planned changes
 * 1.3
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 * style="text-align: center;" valign="center" | 1.0.1

1.3

 * 1.0.1 features
 * Experience Bar
 * The ability of Endermen to carry blocks reduced in some way.
 * Minor changes to some textures (most notables Block of Iron and Monster Spawner).
 * Ghast fireballs have a different texture.
 * On death, a proper score is given based on how many experience orbs the player has collected.
 * When flowing lava hits a water source directly from above, it creates stone where previously the lava would flow through the water.
 * Ender Pearls have a unique ability. When thrown, the player will teleport to the Ender Pearl's impact location, but take 2 and 1/2 hearts of fall damage. They will work in Creative.
 * Golden Apples now glow purple in inventory..
 * Fence will connect to solid blocks.
 * There is a slight delay between jumps when holding down the jump button, so that the player no longer bounces between ceiling and floor in two-block-high spaces.
 * Labels for items have a blue border.
 * Random loot chests in strongholds.
 * Blocking now moves the player's arm, rather than the sword just floating right in front of the player.
 * Weapon and tool damage has been nerfed to make space for the increased damage enchantments (Diamond swords do 3.5 hearts now instead of 5).
 * Most mobs got their health changed. Sheep now have 4 hearts, Ghasts 9.5 hearts, zombies 10 hearts and 1 armor point...
 * Many blocks' mining speeds have been decreased. This is mostly blocks that used to take a long time to mine.
 * Redstone Ore (mines at other ores speed)
 * Iron Doors
 * Wooden Door
 * Monster Spawner
 * Iron Block
 * Gold Block
 * Diamond Block
 * Stone Brick
 * Iron Bars
 * Furnace
 * Dispenser
 * Brewing Stand
 * Obsidian (from 15 to 10 seconds)

New Features:
 * In the Nether:
 * Nether Bricks.
 * Nether Fence.
 * Nether Stairs.
 * Nether Fortresses.
 * New Items:
 * Ghast Tear
 * Blaze Rod
 * Nether Wart
 * Gold Nugget
 * Glass Bottle
 * Spider Eye
 * Fermented Spider Eye
 * Blaze Powder
 * Magma Cream
 * Glistering Melon.
 * Finished biome code and new biomes.
 * Snowy biomes.
 * Swamp biomes adjusted to appear "swampier."
 * Darker grass
 * Darker water
 * Lily Pads
 * Mushroom biomes.
 * Naturally generated Huge Mushrooms.
 * New Mushroom Cow, the Mooshroom.
 * Mycelium blocks.
 * New sound effects, including:
 * Minecart sounds.
 * Shears sounds.
 * Additional Bow sounds.
 * Big slime sounds.
 * Tool breaking sounds.
 * Changes in already existing sounds:
 * A change in the sound of Rain.
 * New sounds for Doors.
 * New sounds for the skeleton' walking to make them sound more skeleton-y.
 * Bow models now appear in third-person larger and in 3D.
 * Bows no longer have an infinite number of uses. (385 shots before breaking)
 * If water or lava is above a ceiling that is a single block thick, particles of water or lava will drip through, provided you are within 13 blocks of the ceiling.
 * 6 New Mobs:
 * Mooshroom Cows.
 * NPCs in Villages, as Villager Mobs.
 * Snow Golem mob.
 * Can be crafted.
 * Melts in hot biomes.
 * Spreads snow around when it walks.
 * Passive, but throws snowballs at enemies.
 * Two new aggressive mobs for the Nether.
 * Magma Cube
 * Blaze
 * Experience can now be used for enchantments.
 * Each Experience Orb is worth one Score Point.
 * Animal Breeding.
 * Wheat bundles feed animals and make them come towards you.
 * Feeding animals makes them enter "love mode".
 * Hearts will come out of animals while in love mode.
 * Breeding will produce Baby Animals. Smaller versions of the parents with large heads that have a faster animation and a higher pitched sound.
 * New/Improved armor system.
 * Increased armor durability.
 * Sun and moon changes:
 * Moon phases.
 * Sun and moon now rise in the east.
 * Game mechanics changes:
 * Hardcore Mode - Locks the difficulty to Hard and forces you to delete your world if you die. The health bar changes appearance to indicate you are playing in Hardcore mode.
 * Item Repair
 * Potions, Splash Potions, Potion effects, Brewing Stand, and Brewing.
 * Enchantment Table, and Enchanting
 * Have the new enchantment system.
 * 1.4
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Announced upcoming features

 * Texture pack support
 * Skin-related animation for Halloween Skin Pack