The mobile version of Minecraft - also known as Minecraft: Pocket Edition - is being developed to allow for major changes literally. The developer Mojang announced on its website that the team is "restructuring a lot of code to allow significantly bigger worlds in the future updates," and also tweaking creature AI and the inventory system.
Mojang stated that Pocket Edition updates will not be released until the end of the year. We presume this sentence was written while the fluffy white cat was being brushed or on the Death Star.
Mojang also "pausing access" to Pocket Realms beta. This allows for persistent worlds to be stored on servers that are private. Mojang said that the Realms team is currently focusing on the upcoming release PC Realms. "Once the PC Realms release is completed, we'll have a better area to focus on Pocket Realms, and make it as great as possible when it launches later in the year." The pause is set to take effect on March 1. [Image: Mojang]