Mojang Studios is now testing Minecraft: Java Edition 1.19.2 Release Candidate 1, which includes a single fix for a critical Secure Chat issue. If testing goes well, the full hotfix will be ...

Although Minecraft fans have various means to play Java Edition for free, including the game's demo as well as Minecraft Classic, these options are limited.

To this end, Mojang Studios has released Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18.1 Release Candidate 2 to test a fix for world chunks occasionally not loading.