What you need to know about
- Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.19.50 is the latest patch update, available now to all players.
- The update includes a bevy of new features, including Spectator Mode, improved touch controls, a Vex mob redesign, new default skins, and more.
- There are also dozens of vanilla parity changes, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.
- The update should be rolling out on every platform, and is approximately 242 MB in size on Xbox.
It has been a while since we've been treated to a new public update for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, and Mojang Studios is breaking the silence with a pretty major release. No, this isn't the still-mysterious Minecraft 1.20 update, of course, but it Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.19.50 is now rolling out to players — and it's packed with changes, fixes, and even some brand-new features.
Minecraft is a game-as-a-service, meaning it's constantly being updated by Mojang Studios to make the game even better. The 1.19.50 update is a sizeable effort to do just that, with Mojang Studios implementing new features, community feedback, various improvements and fixes, and more. This is a humungous update, and there's a lot to cover!
The headlining features of the 1.19.50 patch include the new Spectator Mode, which is finally coming over from Java Edition and allows players to spectate Minecraft worlds — without being able to interact with the world or be perceived by players, of course. Touch controls are also being massively improved, and are now enabled by default for all touch-enabled devices, complete with a brand-new tutorial.