Bedrock Edition

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (Formally Minecraft: Pocket Edition) (only Minecraft on most platforms and in-game) refers to the multi-platform versions of Minecraft developed by Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios, and SkyBox Labs and based on the Bedrock codebase.
== Bedrock codebase ==
The term "Bedrock Edition" originates from the Bedrock codebase, which was created in the programming language to run on platforms that cannot support . Code was added to accommodate differences in the target platforms for such facilities as networking and storage access, though around 90% of the code is used on every platform. This common core of functionality is called the "Bedrock Engine".https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/better-together-faq
The codebase resides within a software system that manages the pieces of code and tracks their evolution. This allows the codebase to host not only the current version but all past versions, the standalone Bedrock Dedicated Server (BDS) versions, and several Beta versions simultaneously with no conflicts. 
Target platform builds are created individually, then transmitted to the platform's app store. Most stores have their own compliance requirements and subject the incoming edition to a series of certification tests before making it available for download. Xbox Game Studios attempts to synchronize availability across stores, but the certification process is not under their control and can delay an edition's availability on a certain platform, especially if it fails certification and has to go back to the developers for a fix.
Bedrock code is used for , , , and , as well as the discontinued , , and .
== Nomenclature ==
Up until June 7, 2022https://minecraft.net/article/java---bedrock-edition-pc-out-june-7, the name "Bedrock Edition" was not the official name of any edition of the game. Starting with the Better Together Update, all Bedrock editions of Minecraft have been named simply Minecraft. Before then, they each had a subtitle identifying the target platform, including (for all mobile platforms), , , and . The earliest of these was , also known as "MCPE" or "PE", and these names were (and still are) sometimes used to refer to all the Bedrock editions, possibly even including those that were introduced after the renaming occurred.
The renaming of the Bedrock editions to Minecraft with no "Edition" subtitles created confusion in the community for several reasons: 
*This name had, until then, referred to the version now known as , which is not Bedrock Edition. The Java version was renamed to Minecraft: Java Edition at the same time the Bedrock editions were renamed to Minecraft, so for a while any use of the name was hopelessly ambiguous.
*Although officially named simply Minecraft, the Bedrock editions for consoles are marketed as Minecraft for Xbox, Minecraft for Nintendo Switch, and Minecraft for PlayStation 4.Minecraft for Nintendo Switch | MinecraftMinecraft for PlayStation 4 | Minecraft These names are similar to the s on the same platforms, styled as Minecraft: Xbox One Edition, Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition, and Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition, leaving many confused about the differences between the two versions.
*The term "Minecraft" was (and still is) also commonly used to refer to the game in general.
Together, these complications made the official name Minecraft useless for referring to the Bedrock editions collectively. The editors of this wiki, however, needed such a term in order to describe the functioning of the Bedrock Engine across all editions, so despite there not being a real Bedrock Edition, the wiki chose to use this as a . Subsequently, the community adopted it as well and it is now the de facto standard term for referring to all the Bedrock editions collectively. Mojang Studios employees have also used Bedrock Edition to refer to said edition in news articles, until June 7, 2022 where both Java Edition for PC and Bedrock Edition for Windows are sold under one bundle, titled Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC, marking the first official use of "Bedrock Edition" as a subtitle in any Bedrock editions.https://youtu.be/qNMfF9TYETM
== Gameplay ==
The objective of the game remains the same as its and counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. Like them, Bedrock Edition has survival elements such as hunger and brewing, and the Nether and the End dimensions. The multiplayer mode is cross-platform compatible between all supported devices.Minecraft - Pocket Edition on iOS! - Mojang.com; November 18, 2011
Bedrock Edition differs from Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition in a variety of ways, such as more saturated graphics, different terrain generation, some exclusive items, and an official add-on system.Minecraft Add-Ons: Customize Your Experience | Minecraft The HUD and other elements vary for each relevant device. Players can interact with the game via a keyboard and mouse, touchscreen, or a gamepad. 
Differences from Java Edition include: 
*Some mobs, blocks and items behave and look differently from their Java Edition counterparts.
*Multiplayer allows for 4 ways of player connection:
**LAN, allowing for 8 or more players to be on a single world
**Realms
**A user-created external server
**A Microsoft account. However, since December 1, 2020, also uses Microsoft accounts. 
**The Marketplace. 
**Being able to play with any person on PC and Console versions except Java Edition. There are mods, such as GeyserMC, that allow Java and Bedrock players to play together, but it's a fanmade mod and not an official solution.
**Being able to do Emotes
**Being able to have a Transparent Skin
**It still doesn’t have the World Border 
**Combat is still in 1.8 and hasn't updated to the 1.9 Combat
*A list of "featured" (Mojang Studios partner) servers, offering predefined multiplayer minigames in a Minecraft setting, is also provided.
*A system to modify the game created and maintained by Mojang Studios
Some features of Bedrock Edition are available only on certain platforms. 
*Virtual reality is available only on Windows and PlayStation.
*Importing or exporting worlds is supported only on Windows.
*Joining servers through IP isn't supported by Xbox, Nintendo Switch, or PlayStation.
*Windows and mobile devices supports all three different control types. "Keyboard & Mouse", "Controller", and "Touch".
**Xbox and PlayStation supports both "Keyboard & Mouse" and "Controller". 
=== Compatible devices ===
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Minimum version 	Windows 8 	ChromeOS 111 	Android Lollipop (5.0)Minecraft (Bedrock) Installation Issues FAQ - Minecraft Help Center; Last updated July 22, 2021
* Latest version: Lollipop (5.0)
* Until 1.18.30: Jelly Bean (4.1), KitKat (4.4)
* Until 1.14.41: Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0)
* Until 0.16.1: Gingerbread (2.3)
* Until 0.12.1: Froyo (2.2)
* Until 0.8.1j: Eclair (2.1)	Fire OS 5 
* Latest version: Fire OS 5
* Until 1.17.0: Fire OS 3
* Until 0.12.2: Fire OS 2	iOS 11 
* Latest version: iOS 11
* Until 1.19.63: iOS 10
* Until 1.18.30: iOS 8, 9
* Until 1.14.41: iOS 7
* Until 0.16.1: iOS 6
* Until 0.14.3: iOS 5
* Until 0.8.1: iOS 4.3.3
Processor 	
Intel Celeron J4105 | AMD FX-4100
(Intel i5-4500U | AMD A8-6600K recommended)	AMD A4-9120C, Intel Celeron N4000, Intel 3865U, Intel i3-7130U, Intel m3-8100Y, Mediatek Kompanio 500	Any with support of floating-point calculations ("ARM-v7a code") and Neon	Any with support of floating-point calculations ("ARM-v7a code") and Neon	Dual-core A7 processor or later
Video card 	
Intel HD Graphics 4000 | AMD Radeon R5 
(NVIDIA GeForce 940M | AMD Radeon HD 8570D recommended)
(Minimum RTX 2060 For RTX)	Not applicable 	Not applicable 	Not applicable 	Not applicable
Graphics 	DirectX 10 	Any with support of 	Any with support of 	Any with support of 	Any with support of
RAM memory 	2 GB (8 GB recommended) 	4 GB 	768 MB 	768 MB 	1 GB minimum
Storage 	300 MB (100 MB to 1 GB is the max to save a map)	300 MB (100 MB to 1 GB is the max to save a map) 	300 MB (100 MB to 1 GB is the max to save a map) 	300 MB (100 MB to 1 GB is the max to save a map) 	300 MB (100 MB to 1 GB is the max to save a map)
Data connection 	Optional (Realms access) 	Optional (Realms access) 	Optional (Realms access) 	Optional (Realms access) 	Optional (Realms access)
Supported devices	
* Any Surface except original Surface, Surface 2, & Surface Duo line
* Most Windows PCs	
* Pixelbook
* Pixel Slate
* Pixelbook Go
* All ChromeOS devices launched in the last three years 	
* Pixel (all models)
* Most Android mobile devices 	
* Fire HD (2014 or later)
* Fire (2015 or later)
* Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) 	
* iPhone 5S or later
* iPhone SE (all models)
* iPad (5th gen) or later
* iPad Air (all models)
* iPad mini 2 or later
* iPad Pro (all models)
* iPod touch (6th gen) or later
Some devices below these specifications have been known to work fine either with or without custom ROM images, kernels, and of the CPU. The CPU is not supported due to its lack of the floating-point unit. The "Tegra 2" processor is also not supported because it lacks support for Neon.
== Development ==
* Planned versions
* Mentioned features
* Unused features
* Removed features
* Development versions
* Exclusive Features
=== Release ===
A video of an early prototype was released on Twitter (now X), showing the game on the Xperia PLAY. The Alpha version was later released, and was released for different platforms on October 7, 2011. The non-exclusive version was going to be released on September 29 for Android but there were several severe bugs that needed to be fixed; the release was delayed until October 7.
A version for iOS devices was confirmed to be released before 2012 in an interview with Mojang StudiosMinecraft Pocket Edition Interview With Mojang's Daniel Kaplan - Unboundgamer; September 29, 2011 and was subsequently released on November 17, 2011.
=== Alpha ===
After the initial releases for Android and iOS, updates were released in parallel, with the same features being added for both platforms. During the Alpha stage, various aspects of gameplay were introduced into the Bedrock codebase including: crafting, smelting, more blocks, items, mobs and more game modes to bring it closer to the Java Edition. As the Pocket Edition development team works closely, often blocks released on the Java Edition are released around the same time for Pocket Edition. Certain features were also tested on Pocket Edition before their Java releases, such as beetroots and their related items, and also block models.
During the Alpha phase, the Bedrock codebase was ported to more platforms: first, Pocket Edition was released for Fire on September 13, 2012, and for Windows Phone on December 10, 2014. The Beta was released on July 29, 2015, at a higher price than Pocket Edition. was released April 27, 2016 for the same price as Pocket Edition.
Two other versions of Minecraft that are based on the Bedrock codebase, but separate from Bedrock Edition, were also released during this period. is a free and discontinued version of Minecraft for the Raspberry Pi, which was based on an old alpha version of Bedrock. was released for Windows and macOS on November 1, 2016.
=== Full release ===
On November 11, 2016, the full release of the game, version 1.0.0 (dubbed the Ender Update), was announced. It was released on December 19, 2016, along with the and . Pocket Edition began to receive updates again for Windows 10 Mobile on February 22, 2017. 
From version 1.2.0, the Better Together Update, the Bedrock editions no longer have the "Edition" subtitle and are renamed to simply Minecraft. A port of Bedrock Edition for Xbox One was released along with the update, and one for the Nintendo Switch was released digitally and physically on June 21, 2018. PlayStation 4 users received the Bedrock Edition with the 1.14.0 update on December 10, 2019. Owners of the original for these consoles are able to download the new version for free. In October 2020, the Gear VR and Windows 10 Mobile editions of the game were discontinued. In June 2021, the Fire TV edition of the game was discontinued.
=== Beta and Preview test versions ===
Starting on November 22, 2013,Android beta program for Minecraft PE - Mojang.com; November 22, 2013 Mojang Studios began to publicly release testing versions of full updates to Android users who opt into the beta program, in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.
Versions from 0.8.0 to 0.12.1 required opting into a Google+ group to receive development builds. Players would then see development updates appear as normal updates in the Play Store. On July 17, 2015, the Google+ group was removed due to the amount of spam and advertisements that the group attracted. On November 3, 2015, the PE Beta team published a dedicated blog that was subsequently used for users to opt into the 0.13.0 beta program and to display changelogs for these development builds.
The Xbox Insider Hub app is used to opt into the beta program on Windows since July 31, 2017, and on Xbox One since August 24. Before the release of the Better Together Update, the Xbox One beta was available only to owners of the digital version of the original , and not owners of the disc version.
Starting on January 31, 2022, the beta program was expanded to other platforms, starting with iOS and iPadOS, with Minecraft Preview.. The previous beta program through Xbox Insider Hub has been phased out and replaced by Minecraft Preview.
Players can also test unfinished or work-in-progress features using Experimental Gameplay, a toggle that can be turned on through world settings, but once on, it cannot be turned off again in that world.
== Price ==
Although all Bedrock editions are nearly identical, the priceMinecraft is sold in by the publishers, conversions vary from different distributors. varies depending on the platform. The Android, iOS/iPadOS, and Fire versions cost 6.99 (6.99), while the ChromeOS, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 versions cost US$19.99 (£19.99, £16.74, and £12.99 respectively). The Windows and Nintendo Switch versions are the most expensive, both costing US$29.99 (£24.99 and £19.99 respectively), though the Windows version includes Java Edition and the Nintendo Switch version includes some DLC. DLC purchased from the Marketplace on one platform is usable on all other platforms, but the game itself is sold separately on each platform. Xbox achievements are not shared between platforms and buying the game on one of these platforms does not get the game on the others. The Xbox One and Windows versions are also playable to Xbox Game Pass for Console and PC Game Pass subscribers respectively, with both versions playable to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC | MinecraftMinecraft for Xbox | Minecraft The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions are playable on the and respectively via backward compatibility.Minecraft - PS4 Games | PlayStation As with all other versions of Minecraft, updates are free of charge. On Windows, the game can be launched via the Minecraft Launcher.
== Sales ==
As of December 2013, Pocket Edition (the only Bedrock Codebase edition at the time) had sold 16.5 million copies, while at the same time, the had sold 13 million. These calculations came out after the 0.8.0 update.As Minecraft tops Apple's apps chart for 2013, Mojang talks Pocket Edition - The Guardian; December 17, 2013 This was considered a huge success, with Pocket Edition outselling both Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition, despite being considered to be the least-developed at the time.
On December 2, 2016, Marsh Davies announced that Pocket Edition had sold over 40 million copies (at the time, Java Edition had sold over 24 million). This statistic included and .
Minecraft is also usually in the top 10 and regularly #1 in the Apple App Store's and Google Play's Paid Apps Section in the Top Charts.https://apple.com/itunes/charts/paid-appshttps://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/topselling_paid
== Platform differences ==
:Further information: Compare platform & features
There are several features in Bedrock Edition that are exclusive to certain platforms due to capability restrictions on different platforms. Here is a table of the features that are available only on certain platforms.
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Split screen 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Import & Export world buttons	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Structure block 3D export 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Custom skins 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Join servers via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Keyboard controls 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mouse controls 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Touch controls 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Virtual reality 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Deferred Rendering Pipeline 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ray tracing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Shader language 	 	 	GLSL 	GLSL 	GLSL 	HLSL 	GLSL 	
Beta versions 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Minecraft Preview versions 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Base Game Price () 	$29.99	$19.99	$6.99	$6.99	$6.99	$19.99	$29.99	$19.99
Free trial 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Deluxe Collection () 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Gallery ==
Mclogo2.svg|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition in‑game logo
Bedrock Edition 2.svg|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition logo used on the Mojang Bug Tracker website.
Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition for PC logo.png|Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC logo
Minecraft Preview.png|Minecraft Previewlogo
Minecraft Preview logo.png|Minecraft Previewin‑game logo
Minecraft Beta logo.png|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta logo
McBeLogo.png|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition app icon
Minecraft Preview icon.png|Minecraft Previewapp icon
MC square key art.jpg|Minecraft square key art with old logo.
Minecraft vertical key art.jpg|Minecraft verticalkey art
Minecraft Vertical.jpg|Minecraft vertical key art with old logo.
Minecraft horizontal key art.webp|Minecraft horizontalkey art
MC key art.jpg|Minecraft horizontal key art without logo 1.
MC key art.png|Minecraft horizontal key art without logo 2.
Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition for PC square key art.jpg|Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC squarekey art
Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition for PC vertical key art.jpg|Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC verticalkey art
Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition for PC horizontal key art.png|Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC horizontal key art
Minecraft Deluxe Collection square key art.jpg|Minecraft: Deluxe Collection square key art
Minecraft Deluxe Collection vertical key art.jpg|Minecraft: Deluxe Collection vertical key art
Minecraft Deluxe Collection horizontal key art.jpg|Minecraft: Deluxe Collection horizontalkey art
Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition Deluxe Collection square key art.jpg|Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition Deluxe Collection square key art
Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition Deluxe Collection vertical key art.jpg|Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition Deluxe Collection vertical key art
Minecraft Preview square key art.jpg|Minecraft Previewsquare key art
Minecraft Preview vertical key art.jpg|Minecraft Previewvertical key art
Minecraft Preview horizontal key art.jpg|Minecraft Preview horizontal key art
== Notes ==
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