What does joining the minecraft beta do?

Please make sure that you are following carefully what's mentioned here => How to Join (and leave) a Minecraft Beta – Home.

According to what's mentioned in the link below (section: Essential information before participating in a Minecraft Beta), you can't switch back and forth between the two programs. You can find more information about this in the following link :

How to Join (and leave) a Minecraft Beta – Home

Hey Six

Thank you for taking the time to post this on the Xbox Forums.

In regards to this, there could be a chance one of you is using a

Minecraft Beta build.

If this is the case, you would have either you or your buddy would have to opt out of the Beta, or join it.

What platform are you using to connect to each other? There are certain versions of Minecraft that are not eligible to join Betas, so just be advised.

If you can verify what version of Minecraft you are currently on, we should be able to provide further assistance

Yes i did join the minecraft beta and i notice i couldn’t join my friends so i unsubscribed to the beta unistalled minecraft then when i tried installing it back i had issues which leads me to where im at now

Ah, thanks for that info.

This is almost certainly the cause of the issue.

Please read, start to end, and then follow start to end the following guide, from Minecraft support:

https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360004438671-How-to-Join-and-leave-the-Minecraft-Beta

So, to try to reset your game/account, follow start to end that guide. Join again, to make sure it is recognised, and then follow that guide to Leave after that, with restarts of the Xbox in between steps to make sure it "sticks".

There is a section on what to do if you get stuck in the beta also at the bottom.

And please reply back after that and let me know how it goes

Hey there,

I'd be happy to help.

What version of Minecraft do you have? I believe it needs to be the updated Minecraft version and not Minecraft for Windows 10. Also it must be the digital version of the game, not the disc version.

I would suggest deleting and re-installing the Xbox Insider Hub app and try again.

Check out these two links on who to join the beta:

• https://minecraft.net/article/how-get-minecraft-betas
• https://news.xbox.com/2018/07/09/minecraft-beta-guide-and-faqs/