"Minecraft" offers cross-platform play for both versions of the game — Bedrock and Java — but you can only play with users ...

Way back in 2020, the developers announced a major change to Minecraft: Java Edition, as players would soon be required to swap from a Mojang account to a Microsoft account in order to keep playing.

There are a few different ways to change your Minecraft username, but most users will do it through the Xbox website.