Download Minecraft PE Beta 26.70.24 APK

The big news in this beta is Invisible Armor, a world setting that lets you hide the armor you wear. Nintendo Switch 2 players get Joy-Con Mouse Mode, and Vibrant Visuals now works on more Android devices. There are also lots of fixes for blocks, sounds and crashes.

What changed in beta 26.70.24?

Gameplay

• New Invisible Armor world setting: turn it on in world settings, or in the Advanced tab when you make a new world.
• Use the eye button in your inventory to hide or show the armor you have on.
• Hidden armor shows up again for 5 seconds when you get hurt.
• Elytra, mob heads and carved pumpkins never get hidden.

Blocks

• You can now place blocks against Cauldrons without sneaking.
• Eating, pulling back a Bow and other item use now work while you look at a Cauldron.
• Chiseled Soulshale now drops without a Pickaxe, and you can get it with commands.
• Fixed some slabs making the wrong sound when you turned them into a double slab.

Mobs

• Undead mobs can't freeze anymore, from Powder Snow or from the Freezing effect.
• Fixed Tridents looking wrong when Zombies, Zombie Villagers and Husks hold them.

Graphics

• Vibrant Visuals now works on more Android devices, including ones with Mali Ultra GPUs.
• In first person, a map or photo is held in one hand if your offhand has something, so you can still see that item.

Controls

• Nintendo Switch 2 now supports Joy-Con Mouse Mode, with its own settings page.
• Fixed the "Swap Off-hand" control mapping not working.

Sounds and Captions

• Fixed some sounds being tied to the wrong volume slider.
• Fixed jumping and landing on blocks not showing the right closed caption for every block.
• In split screen, music discs keep playing for players still in range when another player leaves.

Stability

• Fixed the game getting stuck at 73% when starting up on Windows.
• Fixed crashes when moving your data from Nintendo Switch to Nintendo Switch 2.
• Fixed a rare crash while a Bastion Remnant was being built in the Nether.