User blog comment:CookieCookieNomNom/0.12.0 RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED?!/@comment-26053942-20150718083204

This is not 100% offical I think this was just a prediction but the update would come out soon then usually because the mojang group has been working on some of these features for a while ocelots for examples have been in a working progress since 0.9.0

Your pal TBT