Minecraft 26.50.22 for Android

Developers have released a test version of Minecraft 26.50.22 for Android. This update makes the Drop 3 2026 features available by default and fixes 24 bugs.

Drop 3 2026

Improved drop features. Main points:

• Removed the experimental toggle for Drop 3 2026 features and made them available by default
• Abandoned Camp
  • Modified existing Abandoned Camps and added more Campsites
  • Cushions in Abandoned Camps no longer generate inside other objects
• Poplar Leaves no longer show black pixels while held in hand on Simple graphics with Fancy Leaves enabled
• Shelf Mushrooms are now immediately destroyed when lava flows into them
• Double Wool Slabs can no longer be obtained with commands
• The Cushion item group is now correctly named "Cushions" in the Creative inventory
• Poplar Leaves, Poplar Shelves, Poplar Boats, and Cushions are now ordered consistently in the Creative inventory

Bug Fixes

Fixed 24 bugs. Details:

• Fixed a bug where damage calculation did not apply correctly to Players falling from certain heights through one block of water
• Fixed an issue that could cause players who died while inside a Nether portal to respawn in the Nether
• Fixed an issue where the same world seed would generate end portals with inconsistent amounts of Eyes of Ender
• Fixed entity teleporting to unexpected location when using the teleport command between dimensions
• Fixed tears in the dithering effect when looking through models in Vibrant Visuals
• Projectiles can now only hit the entity that shot them after they have spatially left that hierarchy, preventing players from damaging themselves with lightly charged Arrows
• Armor Stands and Drowned are now harder for hostile mobs to detect while invisible
• Bats now spawn in all Overworld biomes except the Deep Dark
• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening Change Control Mode under Touch Settings after deleting a world
• Fixed memory leaks when blocks are moved by a piston outside of simulation distance
• Store the furnace recipe book preferences after reloading a world
• Fixed the game crashing by pressing Tab repeatedly while dying
• Japanese symbols are no longer displayed with a different font in specific areas of the UI
• Text strings on world tile buttons across My World, My Templates and Servers menus are no longer truncated by ellipses
• Screenshots can now be set as world thumbnails without triggering an assertion
• Fixed cape causing visual discrepancies between the in-game model and the model shown in the Dressing Room
• Trusted servers no longer prompt players for confirmation after restarting the client
• Realms
  • Fixed an issue where downloading a copy of a Realm world after changing settings would never happen
  • Fixed height on the members search bar
  • Introduced a localized loading spinner and reload button on the Realms tab
  • Fixed the strings Core and Plus sometimes being translated in other languages

Technical Changes

Added 30 technical changes for addon development and testing.