I'm on a different xbox then I normally play on and I'm not able to play on minecraft realms

Hello there, Thank you for taking your time on posting this on forums!

I am a Minecraft player myself but when it comes to playing it cross-platform, I'd recommend doing it through a
Minecraft realm.

I've had friends that own different consoles or devices when playing Minecraft. A friend of mine that played through another console was able to invite me to their realm and everything ran perfectly. A Minecraft realm was the option for me!

Any questions, reply to this post.

Hello Analilia López Contreras,



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Hi Analilia López Contreras,

Welcome to Xbox Community Forums. We appreciate for sharing your concern with us and we hope that you are doing well today.

We understand the inconvenience caused. We will be glad to assist you with this. However, before we proceed, we would like to ask some questions about it.

1. When did the issue started?
   
2. Have you played it before with no problem?
   
3. Can you send a screenshot of the exact error message?
   
4. What platform are you using, PC, mobile, or console?
   

You may also try to visit these links to get some ideas on your problem.

• How to Manage Parental Consent, Family Settings and Realms/Multiplayer Access for a Child Account – Home (minecraft.net)
  
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Hi there Raul, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

It's important to note that if your friends are playing Minecraft on an Xbox console and on a Nintendo Switch, they are playing Minecraft Bedrock Edition. If you're trying to join their Realm while playing Minecraft Java Edition, you won't be able to do so because they are different versions of the game.

Are you sure you're attempting to join from Minecraft Bedrock Edition (named Minecraft for Windows in the Minecraft Launcher) and not Minecraft Java Edition?

I'll be looking forward to your reply.

Kind regards,
Gerardo.

The cross play of Minecraft works as such,

The PC/MAC is separate from the other versions in terms of cross-play. As in the only way to join a game with console or mobile players (or Windows 10) is to play on a realm.

Console (Xbox and PS), Mobile and Windows 10 will all work without needing realms as long as your friends are online or on the same network as yourself.

It is only the PC/MAC version of the game that will require you to use realms to join each others game.

But his friends are on Xbox One edition and my son has the newest minecraft. Apparently they can't play together because they're on different versions?? That's what I'm trying to determine. They're not trying to join realms.