Minecraft Beta - 1.16.200.51 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)

PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:

• Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
• You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta
• Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
• Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
• The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions

Bug Fixes

Accessibility Features

• Fixed a bug where UI screen reader did not read the screen title in-game
• Fixed a bug where the UI screen reader did not read the shortcut button on the Pause Screen
• Fixed a bug where the UI screen reader did not read the title on the Profile and Edit Character screens
• Fixed an issue where the numbering of buttons in the Pause screen was wrong when using text-to-speech
• Fixed several issues regarding text contrast

Gameplay

• Death message bugfixes (MCPE-30360, MC-116558)
  • Death message for being shot by Shulker is now "sniped by shulker" instead of "slain by shulkerBullet"
  • Death message for being fireballed by Blaze or Ghast is now "fireballed by <Blaze | Ghast>" instead of "slain by <Blaze | Ghast>"
  • Death message for being shot by Skeleton is now "shot by skeleton" instead of "shot by arrow"
  • Death message for being spit at by Llama is now "spitballed by Llama" instead of "slain by Llama spit"
  • Death message for being killed with a trident is now "was impaled to death by " instead of "slain by Trident"
• Nether Brick Blocks are once again craftable (MCPE-101736)
• Fixed the number of Nether Bricks in the Crafting Table (MCPE-101818)

Mobs

• Increased allowed spawn distance for raid mobs as well as improved the ability to find a valid raid spawn position

Components

• Armor with the lock in inventory component can now be placed in the armor slots (MCPE-102244)

Items

• Fixed an issue of anyone using 'query.get_equipped_item_name' with an item that was renamed wouldn't get the right result. Now we tie this to vanilla versioning so that the old name will be returned if the world is tied to a specific vanilla version

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