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. The mobile version was formerly ...

"Minecraft" offers cross-platform play for both versions of the game — Bedrock and Java — but you can only play with users ...

Minecraft Education Edition is a brilliant and well-intentioned version of the game. Unlike Bedrock or Java Edition, the gameplay is entirely different. It's not the same game, though it functions ...

Chromebooks are cost-effective laptops running on ChromeOS, a proprietary version of Linux. Historically, they've been better known for running basic tasks like note-taking and internet browsing, but ...

Minecraft was unavailable on Chromebooks for a very long time. Well, technically it was, but only the Education Edition was available, and you needed a school administrator to get it working on school ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While you may be limited to which version of Minecraft you can play based on the device you're using, there are some important differences between ...

Minecraft: Java Edition is the original version of the game for computers, while Bedrock is a newer version available on ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. How do you play with your friends in Minecraft? It all depends which version of the game you're playing, as it's one of the many Java vs. Bedrock ...