Typically, when players want to play Minecraft on their mobile devices, they have to do so through a version of the game that runs on the Bedrock Edition codebase.

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First launched for PC, Minecraft is technically at its most pure on the PC. If you’re keen to use the best Minecraft mods, ...

Using Linux app support to install Minecraft Java Edition The Minecraft Java Edition for Linux will only work on x86 systems. This method will not work for you if you have an ARM-based Chromebook.

There are many choices of what version of Minecraft to get - the free version, the Java versions and the Bedrock edition. But what makes them different?

Should you play Minecraft Java or Bedrock, and what are the differences between the two versions of Mojang's survival game?