Time for another pre-release! This time around we've fixed some issues with the new social interactions screen and we've also fixed some crashes.

In case you haven't heard, yesterday we announced that Mojang accounts will be migrating into Microsoft accounts. With this pre-release, we are preparing for that by having the game understand the settings and block-list of Microsoft accounts. You can read more about that over here, and you can find answers to questions you might have in the FAQ. The FAQ will be continuously updated.

We aim to release 1.16.4 sometime during next week.

Changes in 1.16.4 Pre-release 2

Players blocked in your Microsoft account are now also blocked in the game
A button to open a link to the Accessibility Guide can now be found in the Accessibility Options screen

Social Interactions

The status of a player is now listed below their name on the Social Interactions screen
A new tab is available to filter by Blocked players in the Social Interactions screen
Chat from blocked players is always hidden
Realms invites from blocked players are hidden

Fixed bugs in 1.16.4 Pre-release 2

MC-202150 Slider bar on social menu appears broken
MC-202147 Cursor in Social Interactions & Recipe Book & Anvil menu doesn’t blink
MC-202137 Social Interaction Screen says players for 1 player
MC-202143 Social Interactions search bar does not stay selected when switching tabs, although the cursor remains
MC-202145 Opening the Social Interactions menu in a singleplayer world open to LAN after attempting to join an outdated multiplayer server displays the name of the outdated server instead of the name of the current world
MC-202156 Social Interactions search box entries can go out of the box
MC-202155 Outdated server warn text doesn't actually exist
MC-202136 Social Interaction Toast icon doesn't render properly with Programmer Art resource pack
MC-201885 Divide by zero error in the Ender dragon entity class can cause a server crash and infinite velocity

Minecraft 1.16.4 Pre-Release 2