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Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.7.0 update has arrived. Realm creation begins next week.

Everyone has been waiting patiently for the 0.7.0 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition to arrive for Android, having had to wait on the iOS version to get approved by Apple before we are graced with the update. It’s been about a month of delays due to bugs and whatnot as well but the wait is over and the 0.7.0 update is now available for download.

When it comes to Minecraft Pocket Realms, world and server creation will not be going live until next week according to a tweet from Johan as they are still ironing out a few bugs. Minecraft Pocket Realms should be considered an Alpha right now in terms of status. If fact the entire update is considered an Alpha so if you find bugs, please report them here. We will be trying to get our servers up as soon as possible so if you haven’t applied for the whitelists for our servers yet, you can do so over on our forums right now.

So here is the rundown of everything coming with the 0.7.0 update, to refresh your memory that is:

– Users can now have their own servers, purchasable through an IAP within Minecraft: Pocket Edition. This will begin next week.
– New Menus and Home screen
– Buckets have arrived
– Milk and Cake now also available
– Signs are now in-game
– Spawn Eggs and Fire
– Smooth lighting
– Chat
– Connected players inventories are now saved server-side

Redstone and the mod API won’t be arriving for some time though to Minecraft Pocket Realms nor will the ability to both PC and mobile clients to connect to the same server, if that even becomes a reality. Redstone and the mod API are both big features and right now fixing any bugs for Minecraft Pocket Realms is the main focus. Not everyone will get servers either. Those are being opened up for short periods of time to slowly allow for testing. Eventually they will be open full-time to everyone in a few weeks or so.

You can download the update at any time now that it is available on Google Play. If you don’t see it just yet, give it a few as it could still be propagating (could take an hour or longer) through the Google Play store.

Google Play Link: Minecraft: Pocket Edition

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