Minecraft 26.70.24 for Android

Developers have released a test version of Minecraft 26.70.24 for Android. The highlight of this build is Invisible Armor - a new world setting that lets you hide your gear and show off your skin. Vibrant Visuals now also works on more Android phones, and the winter drop received another round of polish.

Invisible Armor

A new world setting. How it works:

• Turn it on in the settings of an existing world or in the Advanced tab when creating a new one
• An eye button in the inventory hides or shows your equipped armor
• Hidden armor pops back into view for 5 seconds whenever you take damage
• Elytra, mob heads, and Carved Pumpkins always stay visible
• Can also be controlled with the new game rule /gamerule invisibleArmor

Drop 4 of 2026

More polish for the winter drop. Main points:

• Sitting in a Boat on Brittle Ice no longer cracks it
• Calcite, Packed Ice Bricks, Snow Bricks, Cinnabar, and Sulfur blocks were sorted into the right places in the Creative inventory
• Calcite, Packed Ice Bricks, and Snow Bricks drop fewer items when caught in non-TNT explosions, like other blocks
• Freezing particles now rotate the same way as in Java Edition
• Ice Balls thrown by players no longer land critical hits
• Ice Balls now make a sound when they shatter
• Icicles are held in hand the same way as Pointed Dripstone and Sulfur Spikes
• The "Flurry" music disc title now starts with a capital letter
• Frostbites holding a Trident no longer swing it in a strange way
• All undead mobs are now immune to freezing from Powder Snow and the Freezing effect
• Trees generate properly in all Abandoned Camps

Changes

Made 8 changes. Main ones:

• Vibrant Visuals is now supported on more Android devices, including phones with Mali Ultra GPUs
• Blocks can be placed against Cauldrons without sneaking
• Eating, drawing a Bow, and using other items now works while looking at a Cauldron
• Maps and photos are held in one hand when your off-hand is busy, so the off-hand item stays visible
• Nintendo Switch 2 now supports Joy-Con Mouse Mode with its own settings page
• The Music Features Add-On got a new name - Music on the Move Add-On
• Music discs keep playing for split-screen players who stay in range when another player leaves
• The default world preview image was updated and changes depending on whether Vibrant Visuals is on

Bug Fixes

Fixed 27 bugs. Details:

• The "Swap Off-hand" control works again
• Zombies, Zombie Villagers, and Husks hold Tridents correctly
• Closed captions now update their direction while on screen
• Jumping and landing on any block shows a proper caption
• Frostbites and Snow Golems have correct captions when throwing projectiles
• Merging slabs into a double slab plays the right sound and caption
• Nether Brick and Red Nether Brick double slabs sound like Nether Bricks
• Several sounds are now controlled by the correct volume slider
• Leaves correctly hide their faces next to Chiseled Packed Ice, Packed Ice Bricks, and Snow Bricks
• Shelf Mushrooms and Red Shrubs drop fewer items in non-TNT explosions
• Repeating Command Blocks no longer run an extra time when switched to "Needs Redstone"
• Chiseled Soulshale can be placed with commands and no longer needs a Pickaxe to drop
• Redstone Torches render properly with ray tracing
• The game no longer gets stuck at 73% while starting on Windows
• Moving data from Nintendo Switch to Nintendo Switch 2 no longer crashes the game
• Fixed a rare crash when generating Bastion Remnants in the Nether
• Fixed a crash with resource packs that have broken lighting settings
• Corrupted network data now shows a disconnect error instead of an endless loading screen
• Turning cheats off no longer resets all cheat settings when duplicating a world
• Enabling the Music on the Move Add-On no longer shows a wrong achievements warning
• The Dressing Room character model always appears
• Minecoin balance updates right after buying a gift
• The gift screen shows the correct number of gifts left for the day
• Long gift button labels end with an ellipsis instead of being cut off
• Gift buttons for classic skin packs only appear when gifting is available
• Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text looks more natural with tighter spacing
• Marketplace and template search boxes are read by narration like other text fields

Technical Changes

Added 30 technical changes for addon development and testing.