Minecraft wiki entry for Parity_issue_list, associated text: "Alex" and "Steve" default skins are updated.[1]
Armor can be swapped with another armor, elytra or pumpkin on the armor slots by right-clicking it.[2]
Attempting to place blocks below the minimum height limit shows the warning messages.[3]
Block placing speed matches player movement speed.
Block reach is greater.
Blocks can be placed right in front of the block the player stands on.
Blocks can be placed continuously using hold click/button.
Chunks starting to render fade in, rather than popping into existence.
Clouds are more vibrant, and tinted red at sunset and sunrise.[feedback 2]
Cross-platform play.
Disabling view bobbing stops the player's hand and held items from swaying.
Education Edition features behind the toggle.
Elytra flight can be disabled by pressing jump button while gliding.[feedback 3]
Flying mechanics are vastly different compared to Java Edition.[more information needed]
Food can be eaten in Peaceful difficulty.
Eating, blocking, using a bow, crossbow or trident, or sneaking while sprinting makes the player stop sprinting.[4]
Experiments toggle accessible within the world creation.
Players can step upwards while flying.[5]
Pressing return/enter opens the chat.
Ray-Tracing and Upscaling options on Windows.
Sky color during the rain is gray, rather than bluish-gray.
Suffocating in a block will show a cube model of one face of that block around the head, rather than only the block's side face spread across the screen.
Travelling through a nether portal also yet again shows a similar effect.
Spyglass damping options.[6]
There are variable amounts of rain/snowfall (Java only has the "medium" variant).
There's an invisible barrier at y=-104.
There's an option for enabling a paper-doll of the player in the top left corner of the screen.
When the sun is being looked at directly, the blue sky will become darker.
When respawning at the world spawn point, because the bed or respawn anchor was broken or obstructed, it uses different chat messages depending on whether the player used a bed or respawn anchor.[7][feedback 4]