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How to install Minecraft mods on Android
Enhance your Minecraft experience on Android with some awesome mods
You can always rely on the Minecraft app to change when you're not looking, having advanced light years since 2011. How many of us took a break from Mojang's famous survival game, only to re-discover what might as well be a different game? Whether it's new biomes, new items, new mobs, or a huge variety of new mini-games, you'll never run out of new content with Minecraft on your bargain Android phone. But one of the best aspects of Minecraft is player-made content, editions to the game produced by fans, either to improve the existing game or create entirely new ones. This edge gives Minecraft literal infinite potential, with uncapped amounts of Minecraft mods for you to explore, providing cosmetic, functional, and practical alterations to the game you love, so you'll love it even more.
Minecraft's Trails & Tales update adds a fan-requested mob, plus cherry blossoms and camels
Today also marks the full release of Minecraft for Chromebooks
Precisely a year after the release of Minecraft's The Wild update comes the Trails & Tales Update (Minecraft 1.20). This release doesn't offer a unifying theme like previous updates, but there's plenty of new content to discover here, from archaeology to the new sniffer mob. Today's update also marks the full release of Minecraft on Chromebooks.
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Here's what you need to know about running the blocky sandbox world on ChromeOS
Minecraft is a juggernaut of a game. It's played by millions of people of all ages worldwide, and it can be enjoyed on just about any platform you wish, thanks to a bunch of available versions. There's Java for PCs, Android for phones, and Bedrock for consoles and laptops.
There are very few games that have achieved the level of success Minecraft has. It's one of the best games out there, without a doubt. Minecraft has stayed relevant for two decades now, since the initial release of its full version in 2011, but it was already gaining traction even before that. Currently, you can play Minecraft on many different kinds of devices, including, but not limited to, computers, game consoles, and even your smartphone. However, there's one class of extra-popular laptops that has been excluded until now — Chromebooks. That's changing today, as Microsoft is releasing Minecraft for Chromebooks as a preview version to everyone.
There used to be a time a long while ago when Chromebooks were just netbooks. ChromeOS was just the Chrome experience and little else. But Google has sought ways to make Chromebooks more useful from adding support for Android apps to even Linux programs. The company's new focus is on making its lightweight do-anything operating system better for gaming and while the main thrust of it seems focused on cloud gaming — as evidenced by some flashy new gaming Chromebooks — that doesn't mean you can't run a game locally every once in a while. In that department, Chromebook users are getting ready to celebrate a huge win as Minecraft is now available on their platform (limited in gameplay as it may be for now).
Minecraft's The Wild Update brings new biomes, mobs, and blocks to your favorite sandbox survival game
Explore the deep dark and the mangrove swamp in today's Minecraft update
It's been seven months since the second part of Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs update dropped, and today marks the release of the next big update, with a focus on the great outdoors (how appropriate for summer). The latest patch is known as The Wild Update, and just like previous updates, players can expect new content, like two new biomes (the deep dark and the mangrove swamp), new blocks (sculk blocks and mud blocks), and new mobs (warden, allay, and frog). Microsoft has even released two trailers that detail the two new biomes, which you can watch below.
Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Part 2 is out for Android with new and improved biomes
The update to 1.18.0 brings new cave generation too
This past June, Mojang released the first part of its Caves & Cliffs update, bringing with it new mobs, blocks, and in-game characters. But seeing that this update was splint in two, we only knew that the second half would land sometime in winter. Well, winter might not officially start until December 21st, but I see no reason to complain about an early launch from Mojang. As expected, the release of the second half of the Caves & Cliffs update brings new cave generation along with new cave and mountain biomes. Even the generation of these biomes has been improved upon, the same with the generation of caves and ore. New music has also made the cut, and there are over 70 bug fixes, making the early arrival of The Caves & Cliffs: Part II that much more enticing.
Minecraft 1.17.0 introduces new three mobs and a bunch of blocks, plus you can team up with an axolotl
Caves & Cliffs Part 2 is coming this winter
It's been a while since Minecraft saw a significant feature update, about a year, in fact. Today marks the release of the first Caves & Cliffs update, bringing with it three new mobs, a bunch of new blocks, and some new craftable items, such as a spyglass. And this is only the first update for Caves & Cliffs. A second patch is slated for release this holiday season which will assuredly bring even more content to the game.
Mojang, the original development studio for Minecraft, has worked on more than a few Minecraft spin-offs over the past few years. One of them was Minecraft Earth, a free-to-play augmented reality game where you could build structures in the real world, but the game will now shut down only two years after the initial announcement.
Minecraft 1.16.0 adds new Nether biomes, enemies, materials, music, and much more
Minecraft’s monumental Nether update is here
It's been a while since we've covered a new Minecraft patch, but it would appear the launch of the 1.16.0 Nether update is a big one. Four new Nether biomes have been introduced to the game, along with a new block material Netherite, not to mention a few new enemies. There's also new story content, plus you can expect to discover some fresh music as you explore the new areas in the Nether. As you can see, the Nether update brings many welcome changes, and you can jump in right now since Minecraft's latest update is already live on the Play Store.
(Update: More territories) Minecraft Earth is finally available in the US as an early access release
Over the last few months, Minecraft Earth has entered into early access in many regions, with the UK joining in last week. Well, today, fans in the US can finally see what all the fuss is about. That's right, Minecraft Earth is officially available in early access in the US, and it's now clear that the game is free-to-play, and it includes in-app purchases that range up to $79.99 per item. So if you were hoping for a premium game, think again.
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Last week we learned that Microsoft would be releasing an augmented reality game based on the Minecraft franchise, and today it has been revealed that Minecraft Earth is the name of that title, and that it will be coming to Android as a closed beta sometime this summer. Supposedly it will take everything you know and love from the Bedrock Edition to then repackage it as an AR game. What this means is that you'll be able to play what is essentially the full game in the real world through the lens of you phone's screen, which actually sounds pretty cool.
Minecraft is everywhere — PCs, phones, tablets, game consoles, Raspberry Pi microcomputers, Apple TVs, and more. Microsoft teased a mixed reality version of Minecraft running on the HoloLens a few years ago, but that version of the game has yet to materialize. However, something like it might just make an appearance later this month.
It's hard to believe that every update to Minecraft is somehow the biggest yet, but that is exactly what's on offer with the Village & Pillage (1.11.0) update that landed today. Not only have villages and villagers been revamped to better suit specific biomes, but the trading system has been refined to make it a heck of a lot easier to recognize villagers that would like to swap items.
A new Minecraft Bedrock update has landed on Android, and it brings along some cool new features, such as new textures, shields, crossbows, and lanterns. A new beta has also dropped recently, and it includes a few more textures as well as a text to speech function that can now read all dialog boxes and in-game notifications.
A new update was recently pushed out for the Bedrock edition of Minecraft. It brings everyone's favorite black and white bear the panda, along with bamboo that's useful for creating scaffolding. Crossbows have also been added, which seems like an outlier compared to the pandas and bamboo. But hey, if you've ever felt the urge to shoot a panda with a crossbow, now's your chance thanks to the Minecraft 1.8 update.
It has been seven years since Mojang released Minecraft on Android. There used to be a demo on the Play Store back in the early Pocket Edition days, but it was removed in 2013. Well, that's all in the past now. Mojang recently added a new demo listing to the Play Store, and it's called Minecraft Trial. It's a soft-launch title, so it isn't available in the US just yet, but if the reviews are anything to go by, then it's clearly available in a few other regions.
Minecraft has always existed as a work in progress, but ever since Microsoft purchased the property, it seems like new updates are being released at a record-setting pace. Maybe it just appears that way because of the game's massive popularity and coverage, as the last big update actually happened two months ago. Strangely enough, that update was broken up into two segments, and only just yesterday was the second half released when Minecraft 1.5 hit the digital shelves.
If there is one thing in this universe you can rely on, it's the constant stream of updates for Minecraft. Ever since Microsoft purchased the property, there has been a clear push to get this title on just about every platform out there, and it would seem the company has succeeded. So now that every single man woman and child on this planet can easily get their Minecraft fix on their preferred hardware, it would make sense that more content has to be released to keep the masses happy, so that is precisely what we are getting.