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.

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 ...

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: ...