Pocket Edition v0.12.0 alpha

Alpha 0.12.0 is an upcoming update to Minecraft Pocket Edition. The first release of the Windows 10 Edition Beta will contain all of the features from Alpha 0.12.0. The update was initially planned for a release on July 29, 2015 but encountered obstacles in its development, forcing it back to a possible release date in August.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * Enchanting
 * Brewing
 * Possibly in-game music
 * May be downloadable only as a free in-app purchase on Android and Windows devices

Blocks

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

Items

 * Potions
 * Splash potions
 * Golden carrots
 * Nether warts
 * Glistering melons
 * Golden apples
 * Enchanted golden apples
 * Rabbit's foot
 * Blaze rods
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tears
 * Spider eyes
 * Fermented spider eyes
 * Bottles o' enchanting
 * Poisonous potatoes

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeballs
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apples
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Nether portals can also be up to 23x23 in size
 * Possibly a new version exclusive generated structure
 * Composed of stone bricks, mossy cobblestone walls, and polished andesite
 * 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
 * Ocelots
 * Zombie villagers
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered
 * Blazes

General

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

Mobs

 * Burning mobs have a sizzling particle effect once extinguished
 * Mobs will now drop experience when killed
 * Slimes
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cubes
 * Magma cubes and ghasts now spawn naturally
 * Magma cubes now split when killed
 * Zombie pigmen
 * Zombie pigmen are now neutral

Blocks and items

 * New inventory icons for boats
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor blocks will exist, but will be rendered useless
 * Foods
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layers
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity

General

 * Title screen
 * Buttons now have a rocky texture
 * Rotating player model with current skin with the player name above is now displayed
 * Options button is now beneath the 'play' button to the left
 * Button now reads 'options' rather than a wrench icon
 * Skin selection tab relocated from options to a button on the title screen to the right of the options button
 * Language button now uses the same icon as Computer Edition
 * Buttons are smaller and make up current size of 'play' button

Gameplay

 * PC survival inventory and crafting UIs
 * Keyboard support
 * Eight slots in hotbar, rather that 5–7

Planned fixes
3 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