Minecraft 1.21.90.20 for Android

Developers have released a test version of Minecraft 1.21.90.20 for Android. This update adds new features for Leads, updates the User Interface, and makes 10 changes.

Lead

New item features. Details:

• Lead Knots
  • Mobs can be tied to created Lead Knots
• Knots Can Be Removed With Shears
  • Cannot remove other players' Leads
  • Can be used in Dispensers
• Mobs can be tied to other tethered mobs
  • Need to hold a Lead, Sneak, and interact with the mob
  • Tethered mobs can be "stolen" when retethered by another user
  • Retethering will instantly break if there's a large distance between the owner and the mob
  • Tethered Llamas don't form caravans
  • Tethered mobs cannot be tied to themselves
  • Baby mobs cannot have other mobs tethered to them
  • Known bug: when tethering two creatures, the Lead may display under the second mob
• Tethered mobs become untethered when using Fireworks while using Elytra
• Tethered mobs smoothly change their position to align with the owner
• Fixed movement of tethered Boats in the air
• Lead breaking distance increased to 12 blocks
  • Exception — Happy Ghasts break the Lead at a distance of 16 blocks
  • Distance is measured from the center of entities
• When moving, tethered entities will orient towards the lead
• On Boats and large mobs (that don't fit in Boats) when tethered to a Happy Ghast, 4 Leads will be displayed
  • The Happy Ghast will get a special rope belt

Experimental Features

Updated user interface. Main points:

• Jump and Sprint panels no longer have priority over the Player Locator panel when inactive in Creative mode
• Moved the interaction button in Creative mode upward for touch devices to prevent overlapping the Player Locator
• Fixed the display of character points in the Player Locator during split-screen gameplay
• Item name tooltip is no longer cut off when the Player Locator is enabled in Creative mode

Changes

Made 8 changes. Important ones:

• Vibrant Visuals
  • Now the default graphics mode on supported devices
  • Added the ability to connect specific display settings to each biome
  • Increased backscattering of light underwater
  • Added MERS texture support for Signs
  • Added new texture resources for various elements
  • Updated textures for Metal blocks, plants, and some mobs
• Changed the rarity of Dried Ghast to common
• Happy Ghast turns more smoothly

Version Parity

Made 2 changes for Bedrock-Java parity. Properties:

• "Snow Kingdom" flat world is created with a Snow Layer instead of a Snow Block
• Happy Ghast's glasses are always lowered when there is at least one passenger

Bug Fixes

Fixed 28 bugs. Interesting ones:

• Vibrant Visuals
  • Cloud shadows no longer appear and disappear when looking around
  • Directional lighting doesn't cut out 8 blocks below the water surface
  • Paintings display with correct PBR properties, shadows, and lighting
• Crimson and Warped Roots can no longer burn
• Unflooded Dried Ghast blocks play ambient sounds only on Soul Sand or Soul Soil blocks
• Jungle leaves become transparent when transparency for all leaf types is enabled
• Sounds from the /playsound command cannot be heard in another dimension
• Command Blocks do not cause crashes
• Pausing during block breaking will reset the breaking animation
• Moved Trident to other tools in the Creative inventory
• Happy Ghast
  • Passengers on a stationary mob don't become invisible and don't lose their hitbox
  • Doesn't become a platform when near a player
  • Doesn't move randomly when carrying passengers
  • Isn't pushed by mobs when it has a driver
  • Fixed endless staring at the user after being attracted by Snowballs or Harness
  • Ghastlings grow in 20 minutes instead of 400 minutes
  • Mob elements don't have extra spaces in names
• Brutes disappear when switching to Peaceful difficulty
• Fixed interaction with Bundles
• "Text Background Opacity" setting affects hotbar tooltips, chat message background, and leaderboard display

Technical Changes

Added 53 technical changes for addon development and testing.