India, Feb. 11 -- If this update flew under your radar, you're not alone. Minecraft Bedrock Edition 26.0 does not arrive with a flashy new block or a crowd-pulling mob. Instead, it sneaks in and starts fixing the small things players notice only after hours of play. Movement that feels slightly off. Mobs that behave strangely. Mechanics that never quite matched Java. Spend some real time in a survival world, and the pattern becomes clear. The game feels steadier, smoother, and far less frustrating in everyday play.

The first thing players are likely to notice about the new version system in Minecraft is that the version number itself has changed. Instead of numbering off on a traditional sequence, Minecraft is now using a year-based vers...