To comply with the disadvantages of touchscreen gameplay, several features were revised. Interactions are made via touchscreen (both the iOS and Android versions of Pocket Edition have the same gameplay ). The HUD and other elements are adapted to mobile standards of gameplay. The multiplayer mode is cross-platform compatible between all touch-screen devices capable of running Pocket Edition. Like its counterparts, Pocket Edition also has survival elements present in other versions of the game such as brewing, hunger, and dimensions like the Nether in Pocket Edition. The objective of the game remains the same as its PC and Console Edition counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. Since then, four adaptations of Pocket Edition have been released for Windows 10 ( Windows 10 Edition), the Samsung Gear VR ( Gear VR Edition), the Apple TV ( Apple TV Edition), and the Amazon Fire TV ( Fire TV Edition). On December 10, 2014, the Windows Phone version was released on the Windows Store, however that version has since been officially discontinued. A demo/lite version of the game, which was essentially version 0.2.1 without world save functionality, was available until October 21, 2013. On September 13, 2012, the Pocket Edition was made available for purchase on the Amazon Appstore. Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS devices was released on Thursday, the 17th of November 2011 on the iOS App Store. It was later released for other Android devices on the 7th of October 2011. Google Play for US $6.99 on August 16, 2011. It was initially launched exclusively for the Xperia PLAYhome Minecraft: Pocket Edition is the mobile version of Minecraft developed by Mojang AB. For the Pocket Edition version history, see Pocket Edition version history.

This article is about the Pocket Edition.

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