New Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta adds ambient sounds to the Nether, fixes bugs
A small beta, but at least we have ambient sounds in the Nether now.
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What you need to know
The time has come for anotherMinecraftbeta, this time coming in the form of update1.16.210.50. The latestbeta for Minecraft: Bedrock Editionis a small one, mostly including a handful of bug fixes for the game and the recently updated Achievements screen, but there is one notable addition that comes in the form of a parity change. Minecraft: Java Edition has had ambient noises inthe Nether Updatefor ages now, and those background noises are now coming to the universal Bedrock Edition of Minecraft in this beta update.
Minecraft remains one of the Best Games for Kids but is great fun for all ages. Make sure you’re set up with one of theBest Headsets for Xbox Series X|S, that way, you can pick out every single one of the new ambient sounds in the Nether.
The full changelog for Minecraft beta 1.16.210.50 includes:
Known issues
Vanilla parity
Bug fixes
General
Accessibility
Achievement screen
Available everywhere you play.
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