Minecraft PE 0.7.0 comes out tomorrow for iPhones, Android phones, and Kindle devices. So here's what's new in PE 0.7.0:
Blocks & Items:
Online multiplayer
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In-game
Blocks & Items:
- Fire, Buckets, Milk, Cake, and Eggs
- Chickens will drop eggs (eggs will function the same way as they do in the PC version)
Online multiplayer
- Play online multiplayer only with wifi
- Realized through Pocket Realms, part of the upcoming Minecraft Realms feature
- Will require a Mojang account
- Buy servers through the AppStore and Play store as in-app purchases
- Chat Screen for text communication with other players
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- Revamped UI
- New main menu with Play, Play on Realms and Options section
- In the Play section you will able to play in your world locally.
- In the "Play on Realms" section you will able to play online by creating or joining a Pocket Realms server (you have to be invited by the host, to join the server)
- The Option section there are four subsections
- Will likely break compatibility with Minecraft Pi Edition, unless and update is made for that version
In-game
- Ingame username, difficulty, 3rd person view, D-pad size & local server multiplayer
- Sensitivity, invert Y-axis, lefty, play with touch, split controls, vibrate when destroying blocks
- Render distance, fancy graphics, beautiful skies, animated water, standard graphics (smooth lighting)
- Volume controls