Update 0.9.0

Update 0.9.0 is an upcoming update for Minecraft Pocket Edition. It will be released sometime in May, and will provide Pocket Edition with a bunch of new and exciting additions. These features are changes or additions most likely/guaranteed to be added in Minecraft 0.9.0. Update Version 0.9.0 will be the last version of Alpha.

New Biomes

 * Jungle (confirmed)
 * Roofed Forest (confirmed)
 * Mesa (confirmed)
 * Savannas (confirmed)
 * Taiga (confirmed)
 * Mushroom Island (confirmed)
 * River (confirmed)
 * The Far Biome (confirmed, found at edges of finite worlds)

Generated Structures

 * Caves (confirmed) (optional)
 * Lava Pools (confirmed) (optional)
 * Abandoned Mineshafts (possibly)
 * Villages (confirmed)
 * Ravines (possibly)
 * Huge Mushrooms (confirmed)
 * Strongholds (possibly)

Passive

 * Villagers (confirmed)
 * Ocelot (possibly)
 * Mooshrooms (confirmed)
 * Squids (possibly)

Neutral

 * Wolf (confirmed)
 * Enderman (confirmed)
 * Ghasts (possibly)

Hostile

 * Silverfish (possibly)
 * Slimes (confirmed)

New Blocks

 * Diorite, granite, and andesite, in normal and polished versions.
 * Mycelium
 * Hardened Clay and Stained Clay (Up to 16 colors)
 * Red Sand (confirmed, in Mesa and Plateau Biomes)
 * Podzol
 * End stone (possibly)
 * Packed Ice (confirmed)
 * Emerald Ore (confirmed)
 * Mob spawners (may be in 1.0.0 instead)

Trees

 * Acacia Trees
 * Dark Oak trees

Plants

 * Vines
 * Double Tall Grass
 * Large Fern
 * Acacia Sapling
 * Jungle Sapling
 * Dark Oak Sapling (Cannot be grown by Bone Meal)

Wood

 * Dark Oak Wood
 * Acacia Wood

Items

 * Cocoa (Can be farmed by using Jungle Wood)

Naturally Generated Blocks

 * Pumpkins (Found In Forests)
 * Tall Grass (Found In Grass biomes ex. Plains etc) (Toggle-able)
 * Dead Bushes (Found In Deserts, Mesa)

Flowers

 * Poppy (Will Replace The Rose (Cyan Flower))
 * Blue Orchid
 * Allium
 * Azure Bluet
 * Tulips (Available in all 4 colors)
 * Oxeye Daisy
 * Sun Flower
 * Lilac
 * Rose Bush
 * Peony

Technical Changes

 * Updated inventory and crafting screen
 * Chests, beds and furnaces work in Creative


 * New Sounds
 * New ways to obtain nether related items
 * Invisible Bedrock Gets Removed If world is changed to infinite
 * New textures for the top, below of birch, spruce and jungle wood
 * Biome-tinted Grass


 * 512 blocks Distance

World Generation

 * Superflat worlds
 * Infinite worlds
 * PC Generation

Ability to pick world sizes

 * Legacy ( Confirmed )
 * Small
 * Medium
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 * Infinite (dual-core or quad core only; iPad 2+, iPod touch 5th gen+, iPhone 4S+ And Confirmed )

Build 1
In a recent stream that was released of 0.9.0 build 1, we see that cave generation is basically complete. Also there is the new blocks like flowers and diorite. Some bugs are that tree generation appear over water,and that the world starts with the player being short one heart of full health. The stream is here.

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0.9.0