The community has been waiting a long time for Mojang to add support for 4K on Xbox consoles, and now it has with the most recent Minecraft Bedrock Edition preview version 1.20.60.23. Xbox consoles will be able to run the game more crisper than ever and see every single pixel on blocks and particles in the sandbox game.
Since the support is currently only available in the most recent beta preview version, it will take some time for it to be formally added to the official stable version of Bedrock Edition. Mojang quietly added support for 4K in the preview version, with a single line in the patch notes: “Added 4K resolution support for Xbox Series consoles.”
In 2023, the sandbox game was among the few well-liked titles without 4K compatibility.
However, Mojang has now explicitly enhanced the graphical quality for Xbox Series X and S for the first time in the game’s existence.
The game’s much-discussed ray tracing functionality is still missing, despite Microsoft’s console gamers enjoying excellent support for 4K resolution.
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Minecraft player base reacts to Bedrock Edition Xbox consoles getting 4K support
Ten years after its initial release, the Minecraft community is still very active, with many players playing the game every day and following all the news related to it.
For this reason, thousands of people reacted on social media when Mojang revealed the Bedrock Edition beta preview version 1.20.60.23.
Many noticed how the Bedrock Edition will support 4K in the future, in addition to talking about armadillos and wolf armor, which were the highlights of the beta preview versions. Millions of Xbox players of Minecraft were eager for 4K resolution, so many celebrated on X (formerly Twitter).
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They were not blind to the ray tracing that Mojang had hinted at back in May 2022, even though they were pleased with the block game’s increased resolution.
Players can download the most recent preview version by going to the store app on their device and searching for “Minecraft Preview.”
Make sure the version they are downloading is the most recent version, 1.26.623.23, as this version includes new armor for wolves and armadillo mobs, which will be added officially with the 1.21 update.
