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.

How to download and play Minecraft on a Chromebook Bedrock Edition, Android version, and the Java Edition too!

How to Buy and Install Minecraft on (Almost) Anything: Where to Download, What Version, and More Punch a tree.

Of the two versions of Minecraft available to download, Java and Bedrock, which is the better choice? The answer lies in these distinctions.

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