Minecraft Live
This years minecraft live consisted of many things the community has done. It also included this years mob vote. They talked about the newest update they will be releasing next year which is called the wild update. It will consist of a new swamp biome. It will also have the deep dark which will have the new mob the warden in it.
Mobs
This years mob vote had three unique mobs. The copper golem, the allay, and the glare. The copper golem is a golem that randomly presses copper buttons. The glare is a mob that starts whining when it is in a dark area and will alert if mobs can spawn in tha area. The allay it by far the best option. You can give it an item and it will go out and find more of those items. If there is a note block near it it would put the items on top of it.
1.18
The caves and cliffs update will be released in two parts. The first part is already out and it added a few items. The second part (1.18) is going to add all new mountain and cave generation. It will be adding new biomes as well. The had to increase the height limit because of how big the mountains will be.