Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.70.22

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Beta 1.20.70.22 (Android) or Preview 1.20.70.22 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the third beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.20.70, released on February 7, 2024,^[1] which brings more parity from Java Edition and fixes bugs.

End Portal Frame

• The end portal frame has been moved to the "Nature" category in the Creative inventory.

Wood and Stripped Wood

• The different wood type and stripped bit block states for the wood ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Death screen

• The updated death screen is now enabled by default, even when resource packs are applied to a world.

Experiments

• Removed the "Molang Features" experimental toggle.

Play screen

• The feedback button in the Friends Drawer in the new play screen now leads to the correct feedback page.

Realms Stories

• Added four new Realm Events.
• Added two extra-special LARGE Realm Events.
• Added screen-reader narration for Comments screen.
• When in split-screen mode, only the primary user can access Realms Stories.

API

• Added Player.setGameMode and Player.getGameMode to beta for changing the player's GameMode.
• Added GameRuleChangeAfterEvent, GameRule and world.afterEvents.gameRuleChange for responding to game rules changes.
• Moved explosion from beta to 1.9.0.

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Entities

• Entities with a damage_sensor component can once again be killed via commands.
• The damage_sensor component can once again trigger entity events on entities other than the owner.

Molang

• Released query.is_attached and query.has_player_rider from experimental.
• Removed experimental Molang queries query.get_ride and query.get_riders.
• Released Molang query.scoreboard for use with behavior packs from experimental. (resource packs will return 0)

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Armadillo and Wolf Armor", "Update 1.21", and "Beta APIs" experimental toggles.

Vault

• Tweaked the texture to make them easier to distinguish from trial spawners.

Armadillo

• Now do not panic when damaged but roll up instead, and hide their head and feet.
• Now peek out to see if “the coast is clear” before unrolling.
• Updated animations and sounds for rolling up, unrolling, and the peek out animation.
  • The time for a rolled-up armadillo to stay without threats before unrolling has been increased from 3 to 4 seconds.

Breeze

• The breeze's attack damage has been tweaked.

API

• Added events PlayerGameModeChangeAfterEvent, PlayerGameModeChangeBeforeEvent with signals world.afterEvents.playerGameModeChange and world.beforeEvents.playerGameModeChange to beta.
• Removed function triggerEvent().
• WorldBeforeEvents
  • Removed property itemDefinitionEvent.
• WorldAfterEvents
  • Removed property itemDefinitionEvent.

13 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20.70

• MCPE-19426 – Strongholds sometimes don't generate the end portal.
• MCPE-151348 – Cave vines without glow berries drop a glow berry when mined using Silk Touch.
• MCPE-162868 – Blue and black candle are placed as wrong colors on a cake.

From the previous development version

• MCPE-177975 – The world list layout (grid vs list) isn't saved with the new menus.

Others

• The breeze is only suggested in the type selector when the appropriate experimental toggle is enabled.
• Fixed gamepad back button input not working correctly on the Realms Stories settings screen.
• Fixed issue with time blocks not rendering in the correct time zones on Switch.
• Fixed the timing of PlayerInteractWithEntityAfterEvent and PlayerInteractWithBlockAfterEvent.
• Fixed minecraft:geometry.full_block faces not rotating to match transform component.
• Fixed minecraft:geometry.full_block blocks not culling faces against some vanilla blocks.
• Fixed a bug where item dynamic properties could sometimes be applied to items with a stack size greater than 1.
• Fixed a crash on Android devices when entering Deferred Technical Preview worlds.
• Fixed a circular visual artifact that could occur when using the new point light shadows feature in the Deferred Technical Preview.

3 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20.70

• REALMS-11290 – end_dragon_fight_ticking_area prevents mob spawning in realm.
• REALMS-11358 – item despawn timer continues in the end main island no matter if a player loads the chunks or not.

Others

• Fixed a bug where text in the Realms subscription landing page was slightly truncated.