Minecraft mobile builds towards desktop version with latest update

Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.12 adds hunger, weather, gunpowder and the Nether zone

The smartphone and tablet edition of Minecraft is now much closer to its desktop and console versions, after developer Mojang launched one of the biggest updates in its history.

The Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.12 update adds some prominent features that had previously been missing from the mobile version including hunger; sneaking and sprinting; the game's Nether zone; and tameable ocelots.