Officially the first pre-release of 1.16.4 is available! You've likely noticed, if you've been on the Internet for long and you've encounter other users you dislike. To alleviate some of this frustration, we're introducing a UI feature called the "social interactions screen" that lets you block chat with certain players, thereby blocking any messages they send to you.  mcdev.net Additionally the 1.16.4 update will have fixes for bugs that are critical however, other than that, this will be the last dot-release for this version. We need your help in testing the new UI and reporting any bugs you find on the bug tracker.   New Features in 1.16.4 Prerelease 1  -- Social Interactions Screen - A new UI   Social Interactions Screen  - Opens with a configurable binding, default "P"   Technical Changes in 1.16.4   A new network protocol scheme with a high bit (30 bits) for snapshots. Each snapshot will have a protocol version increase by one, however full releases may have the same version of protocol as the last full release in case the network protocols are compatible. In the event of poor performance, more details are added to the crash log.   Fixed bugs in 1.16.4 Pre-release 1  MC-192434 Netherite Leggings are textured weirdly MC-199487 - WorldGen Deadlock   Get the pre-release  Pre-releases are now available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the pre-release, start up the Minecraft Launcher and turn on snapshots in the "Installations" tab.