1.19.70 Official: Minecraft

The 1.19.70 update was significant for introducing the "Next Major Update" toggle, allowing players to test upcoming 1.20 features.

Beyond new features, a major focus was bringing Bedrock Edition closer to Java Edition parity. Technical adjustments included centering eating and drinking animations regardless of screen aspect ratio and ensuring ghast sounds faded more realistically with distance. Minecraft 1.19.70 Official

The winner of the 2022 Mob Vote made its debut as an experimental entity. As a passive, extinct mob brought back to life, the Sniffer introduced the unique mechanic of sniffing out ancient seeds like the Torchflower. Stability and Technical Parity extinct mob brought back to life