{"id":60871,"date":"2014-02-19T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=60871"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:52:16","slug":"mojang-announces-big-changes-to-minecraft-pocket-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mojang-announces-big-changes-to-minecraft-pocket-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mojang announces big changes to Minecraft Pocket Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft creator <strong>Mojang<\/strong> announced today several upcoming changes to the mobile version of the game via its website. The changes will affect both the <a title=\"Download Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS \" href=\"http:\/\/minecraft-pocket-edition.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a> and <a title=\"Minecraft - Pocket Edition for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/minecraft-pocket-edition.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a> versions of <strong>Minecraft Pocket Edition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mojang is currently working on significantly expanding the world in the mobile versions of Minecraft, what is undoubtedly a huge undertaking for its developers. In addition to the size, Mojang will also work on updating the AI and the inventory of the game, among other things.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60872\" title=\"Minecraft Pocket Edition\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/Minecraft-Pocket-Edition.png\" alt=\"Minecraft Pocket Edition\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/Minecraft-Pocket-Edition.png 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/Minecraft-Pocket-Edition-256x143.png 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/Minecraft-Pocket-Edition-568x319.png 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/Minecraft-Pocket-Edition-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/Minecraft-Pocket-Edition-238x134.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mojang also mentioned limiting access to beta testing of Pocket Realms as of March 1st, noting a focus on the PC version of the game. Those in the best testing group for Pocket Realms better get as much as the can from the service before March 1st.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Mojang gave no information as to when the changes to Minecraft Pocket Edition will be available on iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Minecraft - Pocket Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/minecraft-pocket-edition.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Download Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/minecraft-pocket-edition.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Source: <a title=\"A quick update from the Pocket Edition team\" href=\"https:\/\/mojang.com\/2014\/02\/a-quick-update-from-the-pocket-edition-team\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mojang<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED ARTICLES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Minecraft Realms vs Minecraft Servers\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/minecraft-realms-vs-minecraft-servers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minecraft Realms vs Minecraft Servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Minecraft 1.7.4 out now, brings Twitch streaming\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/minecraft-1-7-4-out-now-brings-twitch-streaming\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minecraft 1.7.4 out now, brings Twitch streaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Broadcast your Minecraft games live through Twitch.tv\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/broadcast-your-minecraft-games-twitch-tv\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broadcast your Minecraft games live through Twitch.tv<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft creator Mojang announced today several upcoming changes to the mobile version of the game via its website. The changes will affect both the iOS and Android versions of Minecraft Pocket Edition. Mojang is currently working on significantly expanding the world in the mobile versions of Minecraft, what is undoubtedly a huge undertaking for its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mojang-announces-big-changes-to-minecraft-pocket-edition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mojang announces big changes to Minecraft Pocket Edition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2039,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[],"tags":[2743],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-60871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionminecraft-pocket-edition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331309,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60871\/revisions\/331309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60871"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=60871"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=60871"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=60871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}