Minecraft Vibrant Visuals Update Finally Gives Mojang's Game a Long-Awaited Visual Overhaul — but Only on Compatible Devices

Minecraft was ne'er designed with visuals arsenic its cardinal selling point. With an endless sandbox scenery and unlimited customisation, Mojang's now-familiar pixellated graphics were ne'er the main focus.

Today, however, that each changes, with the motorboat of Minecraft's long-awaited Vibrant Visuals update connected PC and a scope of compatible consoles and smartphones. But not each platforms volition get the upgrade, and the game's classical Minecraft: Java Edition volition besides beryllium near without.

Still, if you're playing the main Minecraft: Bedrock Edition connected PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S oregon definite Android and iOS devices, Vibrant Visuals is disposable now, arsenic portion of the game's wider Chase the Skies update.

Chase the Skies adds ridable Happy Ghast creatures to the game's overworld, pursuing years of accent caused by their meaner cousins who spit fireballs successful the Nether. You tin besides present leash a concatenation of camels unneurotic to make a resource-transporting caravan, and way down your friends faster with the Player Locator HUD bar.

If you play Minecraft connected an older console, specified arsenic PlayStation 4 oregon Xbox One, oregon if you play connected an older Android phone, you'll request to manually power connected the Vibrant Visuals enactment via the game's video settings menu. Mojang warns that "performance whitethorn degrade for these devices".

On PC oregon smartphone, you'll request the pursuing tech specs:

• Android: Adreno 640, Mali-G68, Mali-G77, oregon Xclipse 530 oregon higher

• iOS: A12 oregon M1 oregon higher

• PC: Running Minecraft connected DX12

Splitscreen multiplayer, customized Worlds and Texture Packs are not presently supported by Vibrant Visuals, either.

And what of Nintendo Switch — oregon Switch 2? No notation is made of Nintendo's console platforms successful today's Vibrant Visuals motorboat blog, leaving fans successful the acheronian astir compatibility there.

However, connected a brighter note, Minecraft is present astatine past listed arsenic Xbox Series X/S optimised, immoderate 5 years aft Microsoft's existent console procreation launched.

Vibrant Visuals yet makes bully connected Microsoft's committedness to motorboat a due graphical upgrade for Minecraft, archetypal mentioned backmost successful 2017 erstwhile a fancy trailer was released for the later-cancelled Super Duper Graphics Pack. At the time, Mojang said this upgrade would get for Xbox One and "Project Scopio" — what became Xbox One X. Now, finally, thing akin has arrived.

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