Minecraft 26.60 for Android [Release]

Developers have released a full version of Minecraft 26.60 for Android. The release lets you try the first pieces of the winter drop - icy caves, falling icicles, and the freezing Frostbite - and fixes more than 600 bugs, 89 of which were reported by the community. Minecraft has also arrived on Nintendo Switch 2 with Vibrant Visuals support.

Drop 4 of 2026

Experimental winter features. What's inside:

• Ice Cave
• Ice Crystal
• Icicle
• Freezing effect
• Frostbite
• Ice Ball

Ice Cave

A new underground biome. Main features:

• Found beneath the coldest parts of the Overworld
• Built mostly from Packed Ice and Calcite
• The ceiling is covered in Icicles, and massive Packed Ice spikes grow from both floor and ceiling
• Snow lies in small patches on the ground
• Ores hide in pockets of Stone and Deepslate
• You won't find Dirt, Granite, or Glow Lichen here
• Besides the usual cave mobs, Strays and Frostbites roam the tunnels

Ice Crystal

A new glowing block. Properties:

• The only thing lighting up Ice Caves
• Grows on Packed Ice and resembles Amethyst Clusters
• Can be attached to any side of a block
• Breaks if its support is removed
• Known issue: crystals are smaller than they should be

Icicle

A new hanging block. Details:

• Forms under Packed Ice on cave ceilings
• Works much like Dripstone and Sulfur Spikes
• Grows downward up to 5 blocks long
• Needs darkness to grow and never grows in the Nether
• May drop from the ceiling when the area gets bright
• Damages anything it lands on and hurts those who fall onto it
• Shatters near light or in the Nether, leaving only its base

Freezing Effect

A new mob effect. Important details:

• Makes you shiver, lowers your jumps, and eventually starts hurting
• Feels like being trapped in Powder Snow for the whole duration
• Leather Armor protects from freezing, but the effect still stays on you
• Mobs that fear the cold take five times more damage
• Ice Balls are the key ingredient for Potions of Freezing, including Splash and Lingering versions
• Arrows of Freezing are made in a Cauldron with Potion of Freezing

Frostbite

A new hostile mob. Main features:

• An icy cousin of the Zombie from cold biomes
• Loves to get close, and every hit freezes its target
• Switches to throwing Ice Balls when you keep your distance
• Thaws back into a Zombie after staying underwater too long
• Drops Rotten Flesh and Ice Balls
• Walks across Powder Snow and ignores the cold entirely
• Zombies and Husks stuck in Powder Snow turn into Frostbites

Ice Ball

A new projectile. Properties:

• The Frostbite's ranged weapon
• Hits for up to 4 damage with knockback, losing power as it slows down
• Shatters with a sound and a burst of particles

Changes

Made 16 changes. Main ones:

• Minecraft is now available on Nintendo Switch 2 with Vibrant Visuals
• A free Realms trial is now available on Nintendo Switch
• Uploading and downloading Realms worlds is much faster and more reliable
• The Realms Members screen was redesigned: you can invite players without adding them as Xbox friends, and recommended friends are shown
• Realms Hub now lists applied packs and includes a help guide for owners and admins
• Several Explorer Maps got clearer names: Ocean Monument Map, Swamp Hut Map, Buried Trial Chambers Map, Woodland Mansion Map, and Jungle Pyramid Map
• Shulkers can now be pushed by Pistons, just like in Java Edition
• Holding the place button with a Trapdoor now keeps placing them in one fixed direction
• Red and Brown Mushrooms can be placed on any solid top surface regardless of light, but need support under their center
• Very humid regions now generate Lush Caves instead of Dripstone or Sulfur Caves
• Getting off a Strider puts you on a safe block in the direction you're looking
• The Drowned model is closer to Java Edition, and their helmets are visible
• The menu font now includes extended Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek characters, so Russian text no longer looks mixed
• The skin info panel shows details even for skins you don't own
• The Marketplace got a new Audio category and a Creators button icon
• The Change User button was removed from the main menu on Xbox

Bug Fixes

Fixed more than 600 bugs. Main ones:

• Axolotl Regeneration can no longer be stacked endlessly
• Large Fireballs no longer set targets on fire
• Bundles placed in a Double Chest no longer lose their contents
• Bonus Chests generate properly in Water World and Snowy Kingdom flat worlds
• Grown-up Horses can't squeeze through one-block-wide corridors anymore
• Landing on a solid block at the edge of water now deals fall damage
• Villagers no longer freeze up when you talk to them while opening your inventory
• Players keep sneaking when they touch water
• A weaker but longer effect correctly comes back after a stronger one wears off
• A Wind Burst Mace no longer launches you into the air when hitting Boats, Minecarts, or Cushions
• Zombies no longer make items disappear when picking up several at once
• Snow placement now creates vibrations
• Wool and Concrete play the correct Note Block instruments
• Cushions no longer vanish when a chunk reloads
• Straw Beds can't be placed where an entity stands and render correctly in older worlds
• Using /kick or /tell with selectors that match nobody no longer kicks the player
• Blocks replaced with /fill or /setblock keep their Redstone behavior, and Pistons no longer get stuck
• /clone handles extended Pistons correctly
• /time can no longer set a negative time
• The block outline shows up even when a mob is standing on the block
• Imported custom skins no longer reset after restarting the game
• Worlds where add-ons wrongly disabled achievements get them back
• Hoppers and other containers no longer lose items when replaced with commands
• Touch controls no longer cause visual stuttering
• Fixed many crashes, including loading worlds with huge fence or wall structures
• Mobs and items cause less stuttering during long play sessions
• Many closed captions and screen narration issues were fixed
• Fixed bugs and errors

Technical Changes

Added many technical changes for addon development and testing. World clocks left the experiment, so /time pause, /time resume, /time query time, and /time of now work in regular worlds.