Minecraft Realms is a new feature added in the Redstone Update. Realms allow for small, paid public servers hosted by Mojang. Around 100 players were randomly selected to test Realms with the update.

Major multiplayer upgrade: Minecraft Java Edition Snapshot 7 introduces a Friends List and direct peer-to-peer world joining, ending the need for private servers in many cases. Bedrock parity boost: ...

To add friends in Minecraft Java Edition, you first need to download Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 7, since this feature first dropped in that snapshot. If you are reading this at a later date, the feature ...

The simple yet limitless game of Minecraft has millions of players, so it's easy to find friends to play with. However, it's not always clear how to play multiplayer with your friends. How you play ...

Some PC gamers have reported the issue whereby the Minecraft Realms invite is not working or the envelope (invitation) icon/button next to the Realms logo is just not showing or missing. Another ...