Bedrock Edition 1.8.0

1.8, referred to as the "Holiday Update", is an upcoming major update for Bedrock Edition with a possible release date of late 2018 around the holidays. It will add some of the features from the Village and Pillage update, but not all of them.

Blocks

 * Bamboo
 * Can be found while fishing in jungles and will appear in some chests
 * Spawning naturally in the world will come in a future update.
 * Scaffolding
 * A new climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo.

Items

 * Spawn Eggs
 * Panda
 * Cat

Mobs

 * Pandas
 * Spawn in jungles
 * Stray cats
 * Spawn in villages
 * Can be tamed using fish

Blocks

 * Command blocks
 * Now have the default name of “!” instead of “@”

Mobs

 * Phantoms
 * Now are afraid of cats and will not swoop while cats are around
 * Increased the size of tropical fish
 * Skeleton horsea and zombie horse
 * Foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg
 * Ocelots
 * Can no longer be tamed

General

 * Splash screen
 * Now has an animated loading bar
 * More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page
 * The autocomplete list for player mentions now work in slash commands
 * The player can now send links to their favorite Marketplace content using the share button

Command format

 * The following commands can now be run in game without turning on cheats:

Fixes

 * Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
 * Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs
 * Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in
 * Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile
 * Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR
 * Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish
 * Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash
 * - Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recently added Windows 10 feature
 * - Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack
 * Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks
 * - Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat
 * - Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation
 * - Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails
 * - Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs
 * - Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct number of empty buckets to the player
 * - Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken
 * - Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled
 * - Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken
 * - Players will now face forwards when entering a boat
 * - Removed "MCPE!" from the list of splash screen messages
 * Water now renders correctly when surrounded by Barrier Blocks
 * Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse
 * - Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game
 * Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices
 * The achievement button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live
 * Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming
 * The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
 * - Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position
 * - Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled
 * - Large Slimes and Magma Cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size
 * - Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block
 * - Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated
 * - Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome
 * - Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should
 * - The "Body Guard" achievement can now be unlocked after creating an Iron Golem
 * Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels
 * The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch
 * - The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly
 * - Players no longer fall through Shulker Boxes as they open
 * Improved the loading time of various game files
 * Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality
 * - Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10
 * - Added a underscore to frozen_river in the biomes_client.json so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries
 * The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat
 * - Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer
 * - Potion of Slow Falling will now slow down Elytra descent
 * - Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls
 * Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted
 * The player's hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow
 * - Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area
 * Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed
 * Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labelled correctly on the Settings screen
 * Controller hints now show the correct usage of "Open" and "Use" when looking at containers
 * Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
 * Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows
 * Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps
 * - Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause lag