What's New in Minecraft 1.16.4 Pre-release 1?

The first pre-release for Minecraft 1.16.4 is here, adding a social interactions screen and the ability to hide chat from other players! This is an unofficial update video based on the official changelog as well as information gathered by the community and public posts by the developers. You can find the official announcement here: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-1-16-4-pre-release-1 What's new in The Nether Update - Minecraft 1.16: https://youtu.be/rcHiRdrsAfk How to get a Minecraft Snapshot or Pre-release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gWUURjTaL0 The Minecraft JIRA (bug tracker): https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC Minecraft news playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZS2guXqa_jrD_9AGgzp9ZEntWkNDOsm What's new in Minecraft 1.16.2: https://youtu.be/5xqfyn-TZ2c Timestamps: Introduction: 0:00 User Interface: 0:22 Visuals: 1:05 Technical: 1:14 Stability & Performance: 1:48 Outro: 2:18 Change Highlights in this version: UI: - Social Interactions Screen - Default keybind P, can rebind - Shows a list of all players on a server, can hide chat from any player - Hidden status resets when re-joining a server Visuals: - Netherite leggings texture changed Technical: - New network protocol scheme, with a high bit (bit 30) set for snapshots. The protocol version will increase by 1 for each snapshot, but full releases may keep the same protocol version as the previous full release in cases where the network protocols are compatible Stability & Performance: - Fixed critical issues including a server freeze - More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash Music: "Shadowrunners" by Crinkles (https://crinklesmusic.bandcamp.com/) licensed CC-BY 3.0 Outro music: "The Fire" by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed CC-BY 3.0 Licenses: - CC-BY 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -- Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/slicedlime Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/limeuncut Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/slicedlime Twitter: http://twitter.com/slicedlime Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SlicedlimeYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/slicedlime Discord: https://discord.gg/aFAnsdv #socialinteractions #minecraft1164 #pre-release