Minecraft snapshots - how to test the new features in 26.2

How do you test the latest Minecraft features? These snapshots are testing grounds for new Minecraft updates, providing Mojang with a way to introduce new blocks, biomes, and mobs before officially rolling them out. In the Bedrock edition, snapshots are referred to as Minecraft Previews, so keep that in mind if you're swapping between the two versions. These days, Minecraft updates - or drops, as they're now known - come around thick and fast. Since snapshots give players the chance to test new features before drops go live, there's almost always something new to try out in the crafting game. Ahead of the next Minecraft update, here's what you can test in the latest Minecraft snapshot and how to do so.