Java Edition 15w47a

15w47a is the forty-first snapshot released for 1.9.

General

 * Armor Stand
 * Wobbles slightly when being hit
 * NBT tags
 * Beacon block entity
 * Item held in the beacon's slot.
 * Skins
 * Overlay layers (hat, jacket, sleeves, and pants) correctly render semitransparent pixels, instead of only fully opaque and fully transparent pixels.
 * Sounds
 * New sound events:,  ,  ,  . These are used for the armor stand.

Blocks

 * Beacon
 * Now able to keep an item in its inventory slot.
 * No longer drops the item from the slot if the beacon is destroyed or the interface is exited before the 'accept' button is pressed.
 * The item in the slot will not drop when the beacon is destroyed.
 * Will now interact with hoppers.
 * Daylight sensor
 * No longer emits a signal at night when sufficiently shaded.
 * Jungle bush trees
 * Leaves will no longer replace blocks other than air or leaves when generating the tree.
 * Redstone block
 * Will now update adjacent blocks' power state correctly.
 * Will now never transmit power through blocks.
 * Redstone comparator
 * Side inputs now take power from redstone blocks.
 * Trapped chest
 * Will now change their texture when the computer time is set to the 24th to 26th of December to suit Christmas.

Mobs

 * Shulker
 * Now drops experience.