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.

Minecraft is available for download on the Google Play Store for Android devices. Downloading the game through third-party websites is both risky and amounts to piracy.

How to download and play Minecraft on a Chromebook Bedrock Edition, Android version, and the Java Edition too!

QUICK ANSWER To change your Minecraft name in the Java Edition, head to Minecraft.net and log in with your account. Once done, head to the profile page, look for the Minecraft: Java Edition box ...

Of the two versions of Minecraft available to download, Java and Bedrock, which is the better choice? The answer lies in these distinctions.

Minecraft: Java Edition is the renamed version of Mojang's original sandbox building game. It was simply called Minecraft until it was renamed to add Java Edition in 2017.