Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha

Alpha 0.12.1 is an upcoming update to Minecraft Pocket Edition with a possible release date in August 2015. The release was initially intended to coincide with the release of the Windows 10 version on July 29, 2015 but encountered obstacles in its development, forcing it to be delayed.

Below are the changes added since Alpha 0.11.2.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Thunderstorm
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * The jump button has been moved to the right side of the screen.
 * Added a sneaking button in place of where the current jump button is.
 * These are the new default controls.
 * Options
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * More difficulty modes
 * Peaceful
 * Easy
 * Normal
 * Hard
 * Mobs deal more damage and zombies/skeletons have a increased chance of wearing, picking up, or spawning with better armor or tools.
 * Front-view mode (equivalent of pressing F5 twice on PC)
 * FOV option slider
 * Animation for switching items.
 * Enchanting
 * Brewing

Blocks

 * Enchantment table
 * Version exclusive : Book on table glows
 * Anvils
 * All 3 damage types
 * Brewing stand
 * Mob head
 * Inventory icons are not 3-D
 * Flower pot
 * Soul sand
 * Nether brick fence
 * Nether quartz ore

Items

 * Potion
 * Splash potion
 * Gold nugget
 * Golden carrot
 * Nether wart
 * Glistering melon
 * Golden apple
 * Enchanted golden apple
 * Rabbit's foot (creative only as rabbits have not been added yet)
 * Blaze rod
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tear
 * Spider eye
 * Fermented spider eye
 * Bottle o' enchanting (creative only as villager trading has not been added yet)
 * Poisonous potato
 * Enchanted books

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeball
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apple
 * Coal
 * Charcoal
 * Iron ingot
 * Gold ingot
 * Emerald
 * Diamond
 * Raw porkchop
 * Cooked porkchop
 * Steak
 * Raw chicken
 * Cooked chicken
 * Baked potato
 * Bread
 * String
 * Stick
 * Beetroot
 * Beetroot soup
 * Mushroom soup
 * Packed ice
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants
 * Leather armor
 * Chain armor
 * Iron armor
 * Gold armor
 * Diamond armor

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Nether portals can also be up to 23x23 in size
 * All items previously obtained through the Nether reactor are now available through their normal means.
 * Nether fortresses

Mobs

 * Iron golems
 * Snow golems
 * Version exclusive : Shows jack o' lantern as the head if used for building, in place of the pumpkin
 * Version exclusive : The pumpkin can be removed using shears, revealing the "derp" face of the snow golem
 * Ocelots
 * Zombie villagers
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered
 * Baby zombie villagers
 * Blazes
 * Wither skeletons
 * Charged creepers
 * Spawned when a lightning bolt strikes a creeper during a thunderstorm.

General

 * Graphics
 * Tinted water - gradient from aqua to dark blue when viewed from a distance
 * Relocated pause and chat button (survival only)
 * Version exclusive : Leaves in snowy taigas now appear frost-covered
 * Scrollbar
 * Always visible
 * New texture
 * The player can now swim in lava
 * Updated sounds

Gameplay

 * Controls
 * Made the flight controls a little bit smaller

Mobs

 * Burning mobs have a sizzling particle effect once extinguished
 * Mobs will now drop experience when killed
 * Zombie
 * Zombies now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Zombies now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Zombies can now break down doors
 * Skeleton
 * Skeletons now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Improved accuracy
 * Skeletons now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Spawning a Skeleton in the nether can turn into a wither skeleton
 * Creeper
 * Creepers struck by lightning now turn into Charged creepers
 * Run away from Ocelots (Wild and Tamed variants)
 * Slime
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cube
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Magma cubes now split when killed
 * Zombie pigman
 * Zombie pigmen are now neutral
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Zombie Pigmen now wear armor and can hold items
 * Zombie Pigmen now drops swords and armor rarely
 * Now drop gold nuggets
 * Villager
 * Villagers can now open and close doors
 * Villagers can now harvest crops
 * Spider
 * Spiders now have a walking sound
 * Now drop spider eyes
 * Cave Spider
 * Cave Spiders now have a walking sound
 * Now drop spider eyes
 * Ghast
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Now drop ghast tears
 * Now makes sounds and noises

Blocks and items

 * Boat
 * New inventory icons
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor
 * Still usable, but is uncraftable and removed from the crafting menu. If the player breaks a Nether reactor core, it still drops 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
 * Food
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layer
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity
 * Book
 * Now use the updated crafting recipe including leather
 * Crops
 * Breaking crops will now always drop seeds
 * Ladders
 * Now makes sounds when climbing
 * Lava
 * Makes sounds when it's flowing
 * Water
 * Makes sounds when it's flowing
 * Now can use to make water bottles
 * Doors
 * Now can be stacked up to 64
 * Crafting a door now produces 3 doors rather then 1.
 * Packed ice
 * New texture: Packed Ice.png

Planned additions

 * Possibly in-game music
 * May be downloadable only as a free in-app purchase on Android and Windows devices
 * Left Hand Option

Fixes
4 bugs fixed


 * Touchpad implementation fixed on the Sony Xperia Play
 * – You can't get out of lava
 * – Unable to enter new text upon removing formatting
 * - Chunks near to and of mushroom island biomes do not generate