Johan Bernhardsson replied to a Reddit comment confirming Saddles and riding on pigs

@Lighticegamer Not sure, but I think boats will be in 0.9
— Jens Bergensten (@jeb_) December 27, 2013

Boats have been confirmed for 0.9, as stated by Jens Bergensten himself

We all know that most Minecraft news comes from the developer’s Twitter accounts, but what about other sites? Believe it or not, Johan from Mojang has a Reddit account that he uses to respond to users on Pocket Edition-related subreddits. While browsing his comment history, I found something interesting that I have not seen elsewhere. On Reddit, he replied to a user asking if 0.9.0 would be out by the end of 2013, he said “Nope, planned for Q1 next year.”

In other words, Johan said that Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.9.0 will be released in the first quarter of next year. Technically speaking, the first tax quarter of 2014 (which is what Q1 means) starts on January 1st and ends on March 31st.

Source: Reddit

Yey, MCPE 0.8.1 has been submitted. Besides multiplayer/realms fixes, it should also fix keyboard issues on Android. :)
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) December 18, 2013

• Added Chicken Jockeys
  • Consist of a Baby Zombie riding and controlling a Chicken
    • Because the Zombie is riding a Chicken, it cannot take fall damage
    • As it is a Baby Zombie it will not burn up if exposed to daylight
  • Extremely rare - every Baby Zombie spawned has a very small chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey
• Sheep with the custom name "jeb_" change their color, fading between all 16 wool colors ^[2]
  • Commonly reffered to as "Rainbow Sheep", "Disco Sheep", or "Jeb Sheep"
  • Color changes are visually only; does not affect wool drops
• One click broadcasting to Twitch.tv ^[3]
  • Microphone can be recorded too.
  • Chat integration in the game. ^[4]
  • Several new settings^[5]
    • Twitch Broadcast Settings
      • Quality, Framerate, Bandwidth, Send Metadata, Mic Volume, System Volume and Compression
    • Twitch Chat Settings
      • Enable and User Filter
• New Mojang splash screen - logo is now red instead of red-orange, has 2 square corners, and the rounded corners are rounder. The text is black instead of orange, the font weight is lighter (bold instead of black), and the face appears to be a custom hybrid of Insignia and Code Pro.
• The Sharpness enchantment now affects the "attack damage" attribute.
• Minecraft Realms servers now have an icon which is the face of the owner's skin

Fixed 38 Bugs: [hide]

MC-107 – Potion of night vision: total blackout MC-190 – Misaligned textures on south and east faces for non-full blocks MC-2488 – The Unicode font is illegible in fullscreen mode MC-5002 – Some texts can't be translated in a language file MC-11129 – Unicode font text shadow in fullscreen mode MC-12413 – Furnace GUI - "full" arrow texture always drawn on leftmost column MC-12964 – Server performance issue: Chunk coordinates use a bad hash function MC-14323 – Minimising other windows open, resizes Minecraft window MC-16259 – Enchantments not showing stats in tooltip. MC-23132 – Click or right-click stuck on OS X MC-26102 – OS X Fullscreen is not supported MC-29469 – Unable to take screenshot in GUI or active chat line MC-30300 – Minecraft Mac Command Key Glitch MC-30527 – Achievement "Adventuring Time" does not work MC-30537 – Flower duplication glitch MC-31006 – Adventuring Time — list of visited biomes resets on login MC-31388 – Right clicking a flower pot that has certain plants in it while holding another plant replaces the one in the flower pot with the one you're holding MC-31622 – Wrong render distance beyond 8 and more chunks settings. MC-32295 – Glitchy item borders with Mipmapping and Anisotropic Filtering activated MC-33035 – Loading text in Polish (and other languages with Unicode font) isn't showing properly MC-34573 – Font file of Unicode Page C2 (Korean) shows character '숼'(U+C23C) at the position of '쉴'(U+C274) MC-35617 – Cactus has incorrect inventory image MC-35643 – Items with enchantment effect cause blocks and potion effects indicator to not render MC-35658 – Water too transparent? MC-35797 – Background Rendering Issues When Picking Up Enchanted Items / Caption of containers white MC-35856 – Multiple Background Songs Playing At One Time / Automatic music overlap MC-35897 – Damaged armor, tools & weapons placed in certain inventory slots cause other slots to go black MC-36159 – Graphical glitch on beacon effects in inventory screen. MC-36329 – Rendering glitch when looking at river through stained glass MC-36383 – Translucent parts of stained glass not visible in 3rd person mode MC-36395 – Weird rendering of transparent blocks on the 0-axis[6] MC-36482 – Upon exiting (shift click) minecart, the range and criteria is drastically off, up to 8 blocks away MC-36705 – Block held in 3rd person rendered incorrectly MC-36772 – Enchanted items have big enchant around whole item MC-37106 – All the textures are flipped/mirrored on north/east sides of blocks MC-40255 – Falling Invisible slime causes "blue screen" MC-41135 – Players become invisible+immune for PvP damage, after being killed and relogging instead of respawning MC-41165 – SetSlot packet can no longer set item under cursor MC-41508 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a JSON Object: "

Oh, and we also released the Beta build 8, if you want to find some horrible last bug that will send us into pre-release panic!
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) December 6, 2013

Alpha Build 8 addresses these features:

• Improved Signs and Chests synchronization lag in multiplayer
• Sand and Gravel now spawn resources when falling on torches, etc

• Fixed clients placing the wrong block type in multiplayer
• Fixed double chests becoming unpaired
• Added back hurt and fire color overlay for mobs
• Fixed minecarts not being able to go all the way from bedrock to sea level (stopping at level 32)
• The chest inventory now refreshes when two players change the content at the same time

XCode didn’t really want to cooperate, but we have submitted 0.8 to Apple! Android final will be out together with iOS :)
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) December 6, 2013

The 0.8 update has been submitted by Mojang to Apple. Mojang will submit the update to Google once it's released on Apple which will take 4 days to be reviewed by Apple (December 11-12)

Here are the things that Alpha Build 7 offers:

• Moved Grey Wool in the right inventory slot
• Ice is not transparent anymore in the toolbar
• Wooden tools can now burn
• Added UI message when boarding minecarts
• Removed useless D-pad arrows when in minecarts
• Powered Rails are powered in hand and in the inventory
• AI performance improvements

• Fixed text input on Android
• Fixed spruce and birch leaves being swapped
• Fixed furnace side texture
• Fixed sandstone slab side texture
• Fixed red hurt overlay skeletons and chickens
• Fixed an artifact over the flame in the Furnace Screen
• Tnt doesn’t send you into orbit anymore
• Fixed Armor slots having no health bar
• Fixed autojumping while in minecarts
• Fixed falling into the ground exiting a minecart that’s on rails

• No UI information about how to get out of minecarts
• Not removing disconnected player correctly (known since 0.7)
• Hearts now don't show if joining while animal is already in love
• Minecarts end up in walls in a very specific rail configuration
• There is no item pick up animation
• TNT doesn't destroy some kinds of blocks, in some worlds
  
  There are still some bugs, which will be fixed in the final version of 0.8, before it can be submitted to Apple, Google, Amazon, etc.

• Blocks:
  • Birch and Spruce Wood Planks, Slabs, and Stairs
  • Block of Coal
  • Carpets
    • All 16 colors in creative mode
    • Only red carpets in survival mode
  • Cobblestone Walls
  • Hay Bales
  • Iron Bars
  • Jack O' Lantern
  • Rails
    • Powered Rails (always powered)
  • Creative-Only:
    • Jungle Wood, Leaves, Wood Planks, Slabs, and Stairs
    • Sponge
    • Dead Bush
    • Mossy Cobblestone Walls
    • Snow (cover)
    • Cobwebs^[2]
• Crops:
  • Beetroots
    • Although Beetroots will be a source of red dye, Red Mushrooms still will give red dye when smelted. ^[3]
  • Carrots
    • Rarely dropped from Zombies
  • Potatoes
    • Rarely dropped from Zombies
  • Pumpkins
• Items:
  • Beetroot Seeds
    • Have a 1/15 chance of popping out from grass when hoed
  • Clocks
  • Compasses
  • Minecarts
  • Pumpkin Seeds
  • Redstone (cannot be placed as Redstone Dust until 0.9.0)^[4]
  • Ink Sac (currently unobtainable in survival mode)
  • Cocoa Beans (crafted from Orange dye and Inc sac).

• Foods:
  • Beetroots
  • Beetroot Soup
  • Carrots
  • Potatoes
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Baked Potatoes

• Blocks/Items:
  • Bone Meal
    • Nerfed like in the PC edition
    • Can grow Ferns and Tall Grass in survival and creative
    • Now grows Sugar Cane to maximum height (exclusive to MCPE)
    • Pumpkin and melon stems only grow by one when bone meal is used
  • Flowers now spawn other flowers when Bone Meal is used
  • Fire and lava now ignite TNT.
  • Redstone Ore now drops Redstone when mined^[4]
  • Sideways pointing wood blocks
  • New bow rendering & animated items
  • New fire effect
  • Remade painting rendering
  • Thrown eggs now spawn baby chickens.
  • Flowers
    • Position is now randomized
• Graphics:
  • 3D Clouds with new tessellation algorithm
  • Held items are now rendered in 3D, and bob up and down slightly
  • Lighter colored Water, Sky, and Grass
    • Water fades to non-transparent in the distance (iOS only)
  • Mipmaps (iOS only)
  • Refactored most of the rendering to use indexed VBOs
    • Remade arrow model
    • Inventory is now rendered using cached VBOs
    • New sky rendering using a triangle fan
  • Separated far and near chunks in two queues for performance reasons
    • Fog only on far chunks
    • Transparency only on near chunks
    • Alpha-test-only layers are hidden in far chunks
  • Lighting
    • Stencil Shadows
    • Dynamic PC-like lighting on entities
    • Ambient light tinting
    • Light direction depends on sunlight direction - affects shadows (exclusive to MCPE)
• Inventory/GUI:
  • Creative Inventory Additions:
    • Flint and Steel
    • Ice
    • Bedrock
    • Shears
    • Dyes
    • Tall Grass and Ferns
    • Cobwebs
  • New Creative Inventory, with four item categories
  • Transparent hotbar
  • Tapping the [...] will close the inventory while open.
  • Craftable recipes are shown first in the crafting screen
  • When selecting an item in the inventory it replaces the one in the selected slot
  • Changed the flow of Inventory for the Armor/Crafting screens so that the back button goes back to Inventory
• Mobs:
  • Breeding
  • Improved Mob AI System (Mobs will swim over deep water, and hostile mobs will be more intelligent)
  • Animals follow you when holding wheat (potato, carrot or beetroot for pigs)
• New defaults and changed options:
  • Added far (256) and farthest (400) rendering distances
  • Removed smooth lighting (now always on)
  • Fancy is now default on
  • Default rendering distance is now far
• Textures:
  • Brought all textures from PC
  • New texture atlas and texture generator script
  • Changing:
    • Gravel texture from  to 
    • Birch Leaves texture from  to 
    • Lapis Lazuli Block texture from  to 

Bug Fixes: [hide]

MCPE-347: Weird textures: Moiré pattern on bricks MCPE-61: Water flows downward next to farmland MCPE-2804: Fire doesn't ignite TNT MCPE-4736: Spiders have no abdomen MCPE-4887: Skeleton missing lower part of body MCPE-5359: Blocks in hand have no backface culling MCPE-1524: Graphical glitch when looking down above clouds MCPE-5411: Falling in creative on world load MCPE-2937: Chat crash MCPE-28: Xperia Play Creative Scrolling, PTAB7200 Or Other Tablets Gamepad Small Changelog is now final because Alpha Build 6 is now released, or will be changed if there are still some bugs

Here is a gameplay of 0.8 by JackFrostMiner

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Johan mentioned that 0.8 will be submitted after next week or the week after that.

New creative inventory! :) pic.twitter.com/MoAD03Zqym
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) November 18, 2013

This is the new creative inventory to be added in 0.8

-In the pic, Johan added the tall grass and ferns which he didn't mention

New feature for 0.8.0, beets! Can be turned into dye and soup. :) pic.twitter.com/BsF743yuMG
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) November 14, 2013

Beets have been added into the game but it is unclear whether it is for 0.8 or 0.9

So if u went to Minecon and didnt see 4JStudios, that was probably cause they didnt go, this is the reason why. (Below) |  |  |

Johan just tweeted some exclusive stuff that will be on pocket edition, this is what he said "New feature for 0.8.0, beets! Can be turned into dye and soup. :)" i dont know exactly what "beets" are but you can turn them into dye and soup, the soup looks disgusting to be honest.

Tommaso added an unknown feature that may be faster chunk loading or higher block limit

I like this thing whatever it is, let's just ship it pic.twitter.com/QKzKReIV8t
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) November 12, 2013

Jens Bergensten, one of the main developers for Minecraft, posted a pic on Instagram a picture that states he added secret stuff to Minecraft - Pocket Edition, which may be Spider Eyes

The pic is from the PC version but the things he added are in the pic.

It is unconfirmed whether he added the stuff to 0.8 or 0.9

For 0.8:
1. Breeding has been confirmed
2. Jack-o-lanterns have been added

For 0.9
1. Endermen will be added
2. New biomes at the edge of non-infinite worlds

*All info are gathered from Reddit and are 100% true

0.8.0 is not yet done. Hopefully out by the end of November.
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) October 28, 2013

0.8.0:

oh yeah right. Here, have a screenshot! pic.twitter.com/pp4Zk6HiG0
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) October 18, 2013

yay afterthoughts! I was fixing the bow, and the clock and compass became easy to add.. It's neat when it happens! pic.twitter.com/glDOB9L2dV
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) October 23, 2013

Starting to add new blocks for 0.8.0. Jungle and sponge will only be added to creative for now. :) pic.twitter.com/sDbKoH9Ipp
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) October 15, 2013

And now also pumpkins and pumpkin pie. :) pic.twitter.com/Bg03tYPuSU
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) October 15, 2013

And finally added Carrots and Potatoes, more tomorrow! :) pic.twitter.com/WOC9iuzZKi
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) October 15, 2013

Yesterday, I also implemented Walls. I need to start using them everywhere now. :) pic.twitter.com/jBWtamH2gt
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) October 17, 2013

0.9.0

After thousands of errors, the 0.9 masterplan begins to make sense.. dat cache heatmap! oh and caves are nice, too! pic.twitter.com/UqHpBvvyPj
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) October 30, 2013

Update: Pre-release 1.7.1 has been released to address some serious crashes, including the inability to start on some Linux computers.

Here’s a list of cool things that may be coming your way on Friday, if the pre-release goes well!

-New world generation!
-Double the amount of biomes, with new trees/flowers/blocks.
-New “Amplified” world option.
-Less ocean, more awesome.
-New blocks!
-Two new types of wood.
-Stained glass! With both blocks and panes.
-Packed ice, red sand, podzol.
-Lots of new flowers, including double-tall versions of current plants.
-Portals can be bigger sizes!
-Fishing!
-Added more type of fish.
-Redone the fishing mechanics. Can now catch junk and treasure too.
-Fishing rod enchantments!
-Maps!
-Put them in an item frame and hang them on your wall. They’re extra big!
-Lots of new colours for lots of blocks!
-Now with less lag!
-Achievement & Statistics overhaul!
-Now both world (or server) specific.
-In multiplayer, it’s announced to everybody when you get an achievement.
-You can move your mouse over this in the chat to see what it was!
-Some new achievements and statistic types were added.
-Zoomable achievements screen!
-Multiplayer enhancements!
-Servers can now put a 64×64 image called “server-icon.png” in their folder, that you will see on your server list.
- You can see who’s online before joining a server; move your mouse over the player count!
-Lots of hidden preparation for allowing name changes.
-Resource pack changes!
-You can now have multiple selected.
-They can completely re-do your sounds, adding new ones or changing current ones.
-Servers can now recommend a resource pack for you to use.
-Chat & command improvements!
-New commands to spawn mobs or blocks of any type.
-Command block minecart!
-Clickable links to achievements and items.
-Click on somebody’s name in the chat to message them!
-Lots and lots of technical work!
-Completely rewrote how the network (multiplayer) works.
-Completely rewrote the sound manager.
-New graphics options.
-Basic shader support testing.
--Many bugs fixed, including:
[MC-291] – Screenshots are treated as links in the console.
[MC-673] – Sky/lighting doesn’t get darker during a thunderstorm
[MC-715] – V-Sync in Window mode, settings not activated between sessions.
[MC-784] – Letters in Arabic Language not connected
[MC-881] – Boat inflicts fall damage if it runs aground in some fashion (Slabs, Mobs, Soul Sand)
[MC-944] – Armour with Protection on it seems to reduce against hunger damage
[MC-1018] – Black Lighting under overhangs
[MC-1105] – Villagers act like it is Raining when they are in the Desert, and it Rains elsewhere.
[MC-1379] – Transparent texture makes transparent texture behind invisible
[MC-2638] – Old AI mobs and Wolves don’t turn back to passive in Creative
[MC-2915] – Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns “commands.generic.double.invalid”
[MC-3305] – Cyrillic font not displaying on signs and in chat (Russian language)
[MC-3871] – Cauldron water does not put out fire / damage blaze
[MC-3973] – Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps
[MC-4150] – Baby Zombies do not drop any loot / xp
[MC-4482] – Saplings placed on Farmland are not affected by Bonemeal
[MC-4732] – Tools and weapons lose durability without doing damage
[MC-4921] – Sounds (eg. Mobs / Portals / Water) Don’t Immediately Fade
[MC-4973] – Zombie Pigman from Nether Portal still spawns even if doMobSpawning is false
[MC-5238] – 10 MB server texture pack limit too small
[MC-5305] – Arrows from a flame bow aren’t extinguished from rain
[MC-5550] – Night Time Doesn’t Immediately Allow Sleep
[MC-6820] – The generation of terrain surface layer produces local straight glitches (fix included)
[MC-7449] – Silverfish infected Stone Brick varients appears as normal stone brick.
[MC-8331] – Command block text disappears if too long
[MC-9271] – Opening a singleplayer world is counted as a multiplayer join in the statistics
[MC-9547] – Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty`
[MC-9779] – Old versions of output-server.log and lock files remain on harddisk
[MC-10077] – Ajasent Obsidian Blocks prevent Nether portal appearing
[MC-10257] – when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword
[MC-10984] – GS4 query listener fails to send player list when len(players) > 127
[MC-11027] – Axes accelarate the speed at which Slabs are broken
[MC-11280] – Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms
[MC-11518] – RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting
[MC-12450] – Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage
[MC-12452] – Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name
[MC-12454] – Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage
[MC-12541] – the letters for the ‘off’ setting on smooth lighting aren’t capitalised
[MC-12731] – Minecraft crashes if you click edit or delete on a LAN game
[MC-12769] – when typing /help with a number higher than 4, it produces the wrong message
[MC-12984] – getting a locked chest pushed into your head crashes the game
[MC-13565] – Fireworks sometimes don’t stack when they should
[MC-13661] – When re-sizing window before game loads internal view doesn’t resize
[MC-14521] – Boats cannot be steered by using the “left” and “right” keys
[MC-14865] – Carpets Are Not Flammable
[MC-15547] – Structures (witch huts, nether fortresses etc.) don’t get saved with the world file
[MC-15564] – Start up failure: “Cannot determine close requested state of uncreated window”
[MC-15688] – Axe breaks all slabs in adventure mode. No drops for stone.
[MC-16324] – Massive Amount of “[SEVERE] Reached end of stream” messages
[MC-16435] – Boats Still Break on Lily’s
[MC-16849] – Crash near pyramid
[MC-16910] – Packet250CustomPayload(dk)
[MC-17090] – Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console
[MC-17831] – Crash selecting resource pack [13w24b]
[MC-18569] – Server resourcepacks not implemented yet
[MC-18672] – Textures disappearing after setting player walkSpeed to 0
[MC-19483] – sounds playing after leaving world
[MC-19604] – Cannot /playsound records
[MC-21870] – Screen goes blank when modifying walk speed
[MC-22927] – Animals running forever after being hit
[MC-26151] – Minecraft has advice on an error report that should be deleted.
[MC-26608] – /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong
[MC-26660] – Constant minecart sound
[MC-27284] – /scoreboard teams option color: Tab doesnt list all options.
[MC-27904] – The Hindi, Malay and Norsk (Bokmål) language appear 2 times
[MC-28400] – Breeding animals gives xp even if doMobLoot gamerule is false
[MC-28405] – The saddle equip sound effect does not play when equipping a pig with a saddle.
[MC-28478] – Successful hit sound effect does not match the sound in the assets sound folder
[MC-28625] – The horse armor equip sound does not play when replacing others
[MC-28768] – Horse Breeding Doesn’t Produce Markings Correctly on Foal
[MC-29088] – Shearing sound does not play when shearing a mooshroom
[MC-29279] – Bug: the command block can be damaged by the explosion of Blue Wither Skulls
[MC-29321] – Jukeboxes play at the sound volume for effects until you change the music volume
[MC-29361] – Oceans are too big
[MC-29424] – Players appear offset for other clients after going through nether portals
[MC-31031] – Spawn eggs can be used on top of water, but not lava
[MC-31065] – Villages not generating? (snapshot 13w37b)
[MC-32250] – Typo on “Unable to Load Worlds” screen
[MC-32534] – piston extention givies tile.nill.name
[MC-32679] – Spawned in enderportals are not nameable

To help test the pre-release, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher.

Server jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.7.1/minecraft_server.1.7.1.jar
(On windows, right click -> open with -> java)