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Alpha 0.15.0, the first release of the Friendly Update[1], is an update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition which added pistons, along with other planned additions and changes.

Additions

General

  • Sounds
  • Title screen
    • Skins button
      • Is now an icon
  • Achievements for iOS and Android
  • Online multiplayer with Xbox Live friends
  • New UI for the main menu, shared with the Windows 10 Edition.
  • New UI for the skins menu, it has skin selection carousel that is similar to Console Edition.
  • Version exclusive: Added eating animation for animals when feeding then.

Gameplay

Blocks

Items

Mobs

World generation

Changes

General

  • Title screen
  • New scroll bar
  • Online play uses less bandwidth now.
  • Note blocks are a lot louder now.
  • When players name is Dinnerbone or Grumm, players model change to upside down model.
  • Inventory button
    • Now is more transparent.

Items

  • Shears
    • Now lose durability when breaking any kind of blocks.

Blocks

Mobs

World generation

Planned additions

General

Planned changes

Fixes

  • Fixed a lot of crashes!
  • Fixed a couple of bugs causing data to be lost or world corruption.
  • A whole bunch of redstone fixes from the community feedback.
  • Lots of multiplayer desynchronization fixes.
  • Less flickering of the block selection highlight!
  • Glass doesn’t become green anymore.
  • Fixed chests generation in dungeons and desert temples.
  • Walking far from spawn generates a lot less jittering now.
  • MCPE-14238 – Fences and Cobblestone Wall placed in Item Frames are invisible.
  • MCPE-12960 – Nether Wart block has wrong shape when placed at Soul Sand.
  • MCPE-12394 – Cobblestone wall are connected to sideways fence gate.
  • MCPE-11703 – Incorrect position when fence gate is opened.
  • MCPE-12961 – Paintings not adhered to the wall.
  • MCPE-11500 – Note Block's audio is too low.

Trivia

  • This is the first Pocket Edition update to receive an official name by Mojang.
  • This update also had the shortest amount of development builds to date, with 3 (5 if Realms is included) builds being released in the timespan of only 10 days.

References

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