Sad news (but with a silver lining) for all Minecraft: Pocket Edition ($6.99) fans out there as Tommasso Checchi, an MCPE developer, has announced on Twitter that they won’t start the beta for the new update on the 29th of this month, as was the original plan. In case you don’t remember, the upcoming update is supposed to coincide with the release of Windows 10 and Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta and will add a billion new features. According to Tommasso, while they could start the beta on the 29th, that would mean no Enchanting, Music, or Controller support, which would be a disappointment to many. The new goal is August, hopefully.
So, we actually wanted to release MCPE on the 29th, but it would have no Enchanting, Music and Controller support… so August, hopefully 🙂
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) July 20, 2015
Tommasso gave a bit more information on what he has been working on regarding the updated controls. He has added one O button that when double-tapped can make your character crouch. I’m looking forward to the crouch button being added because, as I’ve said before, I do a lot of Survival building, and for some reason I don’t enjoy falling off and dying while building. Hopefully the beta will commence soon because the sooner it does, the sooner the new update will hit iOS devices.
Okay, what do you think about these controls? The O button can be double-tapped to toggle crouching! pic.twitter.com/rsz2ko9YGg
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) July 20, 2015
