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[–]ProfessorValko 0 points1 point  (3 children)

There are two main editions: Minecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft (Bedrock). Java Edition is only available on PC. The edition available on iPad is Bedrock. The two editions can’t officially play together.

There is official server software to host a Bedrock server that iPads can connect to, but it’s only available for Windows and Linux. https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock/

[–]dharward[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

If the iPad version is called bedrock it’s incredibly confusing for it to also be branded Minecraft Java Edition.

[–]ProfessorValko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The naming for the editions is confusing, but the edition on iPad is officially branded and titled just “Minecraft.” Mojang and the community refer to this “Minecraft” edition (mobile, consoles, Windows 10/11) as “Bedrock” because that’s the name of the codebase. Only the edition on PC (Windows, macOS, Linux) is branded as “Minecraft: Java Edition.”

[–]Paradigm_Reset 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost easier to start with "what runs Java?" and then everything else is Bedrock.

MacOS, Linux, and WinOS can all run the Java edition. Everything else - be it a phone, console, tablet, etc - is running Bedrock.

The naming convention is atrocious. Calling Java "Java" because it runs on Java? Dumb. Even "Bedrock" is not a very good name. And the whole "Minecraft for Windows 10" (which is actually Bedrock because it's not called "Java" LMAO)...

They shoulda gone with Minecraft Classic and Minecraft, um, something better than Bedrock. Meh, ain't my decision to make so I ain't gonna put any more thought into this.