Starting on November 22, 2013,[1]Mojang began to publicly release testing versions of full updates to Android users who opt into the beta program, in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.
To download the beta builds, you must join the Minecraft PE Beta Community on Google Plus. Development updates appear as normal updates in the Play Store. As SMP only works with devices of the same version, using the pre-release means that you can only enter servers who have the same development build. If you decide to opt-out of the testing, you can do so on the Google Play beta opt-out page, and the official release of Minecraft Pocket Edition can be installed to your device again.
Alpha 0.9.0
Version
Release date
Summary of changes
0.9.0 alpha build 4
June 13, 2014
Tweaks:
Made Spiders 100% more "crawly" - the animation for spiders is now twice as fast
Bug fixes:
"Saving" bug has been fixed
Fixed item in hand bug
Fixed shadow of entities
Fixed trap doors and smooth shading
Fixed rendering issues with Lilly pads
Sand will no longer fall through Signs and Cobwebs
Top of Doors should now play the opening sound
End Portal Frame is now added to creative menu
Removed one of the duplicate Iron Bar recipes
Fixed recipes for Mushroom Soup and Pumpkin Pie
Grass and leaves are now rendered underwater
Villages are now placed more sparsely (The old ones should disappear when creating a new world)
You can now feed wolves correctly
Added nicer destroy particles to blocks
Giant Mushrooms should drop Mushrooms now (instead of Giant Mushroom blocks)
Top slab should not cause rendering issues anymore
0.9.0 alpha build 3
June 11, 2014
Tweaks:
Lily pads are now brighter in the inventory
Sheep now eat tall grass
No more village skyscrapers
Added dye recipes for all flowers
The low memory render distance now has an additional tick
Bug Fixes:
Zombies not targeting players
Crash when generating lava
Lava lighting
Water intersecting by caves would be stuck in air
Spiders would instantly attack when you hit them
Savanna and dark oak could be crafted into each other's planks
Top of doors not opening and closing
Potential crash when placing blocks at y 127
Enderman should now have sounds
Emerald blocks were put into decorations
The smooth stone variants now require the correct stone type
Top snow is now destroyed when the block underneath is destroyed