Nether Update

The Nether Update is an upcoming major update themed around revamping the Nether. This update was announced at MINECON Live 2019.

Notable features

 * New nether biomes: soulsand valley, netherwart forest red, and netherwart forest blue.
 * New mobs: piglins and piglin beasts.
 * New blocks: blue fire, nether grass, target block.
 * New nether foliage.

Trivia

 * This update was announced during the development of Java Edition 1.15, and before the features of 1.15 were even added to Bedrock Edition.