Minecraft Winows 10 - Minecraft

You will need to have the same version. Can't he perhaps just update his game?

Hi there,

the only way you can play together is that you both use the same versions of Minecraft.

Your friend will need to update their game to the current public release of the game. Which is the one you have.

1.12 update for mobile is delayed at the moment, so if your friend is playing on mobile you will have to wait untill it is released.

On July 9th 2019 they released an official update to Version 1.12 of Minecraft.

Your friend would have to launch the Windows 10 store on his PC or go to the Update tab of "My Games & Apps" on the Xbox to force an update check of the game.

After he also updated to 1.12, you can play together again.

Hello Alex,

Thank you for posting here on the Xbox forums. I'm not sure what causes this type of issue, but you should be able to get help from the developers here :
Mojang support

I also recommend trying on the
Minecraft forums. Hope this helps!