Upcoming MCPE Features

This page includes all of the upcoming MCPE features that are confirmed for the next MCPE updates.

0.9.0

Release Date: ?

Additions:

• New World Options:
  • Option to generate Caves
  • Option to select the world's size
    • Legacy (256x256)
      • Uses old terrain generation to maintain compatibility for older devices
    • Medium
    • Large
    • Infinite (displays a warning when selected)
      • Cannot be selected when creating a Realm (only finite options are available)
        • Possible finite sizes are 1,000x1,000 and 10,000x10,000
  • Superflat world type
    • All superflat worlds will be generated with the Classic Superflat preset.
• Mobs:
  
  • Villagers
  • Enderman
  • Slimes
  • Wolves
  • Ocelots
  • Silverfish
  • Possibly Ghasts
• World Generation:
  • Existing worlds will optionally become infinite
  • Port of Minecraft PC world generation, allowing for generated structures and new biomes
    • This may only apply to new worlds. Older worlds will still expand/become infinite, but have the prior terrain generation.
      • Due to debate, the new generator will possibly be able to be used in old worlds, displaying a warning when selected.
  • Generated Structures:
    • Caves
    • Lava Pools
    • Mineshafts
    • Possibly a version-exclusive structure to replace the Nether Reactor
    • Trees:
      
      • Cold-en Oak Trees will not generate in maps with the new terrain.
      • Jungle Trees
      • Dark Oak Trees
      • Acacia Trees
  • Biomes:
    
    • Most biomes as of PC version 1.7.2, excluding ones that exceed the 128-block height limit. This includes:
      • Mesa
      • Jungles
      • Roofed Forests
    • The Far Biome, a version-exclusive biome found at the edge of finite worlds
• Blocks & Items:
  • Hardened Clay
  • Stained Clay
  • Red Sand
  • Mycelium
  • Podzol
  • Rocks:
    • Granite and Polished Granite
    • Andesite and Polished Andesite
    • Diorite and Polished Diorite
  • Plants:
    
    • Saplings:
      
      • Jungle Sapling
      • Dark Oak Sapling
      • Acacia Sapling
    • Flowers:
      
      • Poppy
      • Blue Orchid
      • Allium
      • Azure Bluet
      • Tulip
      • Oxeye Daisy
      • Sunflower
      • Lilac
      • Rose Bush
      • Peony
    • Others:
      • Lilypads
      • Vines
      • Double tall grass
      • Cocoa plant
  • Wood:
    
    • Dark Oak Wood
    • Acacia Wood
  • Wooden Planks:
    
    • Acacia wooden planks
    • Dark Oak wooden planks
  • Other:
  • Possibly End Stone
• Game Mechanics:
  • Taming
• Particles:
  
  • Possibly Water Dripping Particles
• Inventory/GUI:
  • Creative Inventory Additions:
    • Raw Beef

Tweaks:

• Blocks & Items:
  
  • The Invisible Bedrock barrier around worlds will be moved if the size of a pre-0.9.0 world is changed (if infinite is chosen, it will be removed completely)
  • New ways to obtain nether-related items
  • Gravel no longer falls from spawn
• Mobs:
  
  • Mob Al:
    
    • Improved hostile mob AI
• Textures:
  • Separate textures for the top of Birch, Spruce, and Jungle Logs
  • Jungle leaves will be permanently opaque
  • Biome-tinted blocks

Bug Fixes:

• Mipmapping makes fire look like a big orange blob
• Minecart in multiplayer problems

Other:

• Realms Shutdown

Information Taken From Gamepedia - Mincecraft Wiki