Minecraft Server 1.9-pre1

The Minecraft 1.9 pre-release has just been published!

You can now install the Server version for the prerelease automatically from your Minecraft panel.

Here's a list of the major new features for the 1.9 version :
• Added a second hand
• Added shields
• Added potion effects: Levitation, Glowing, Luck, Bad luck
• Added enchantments: Frost Walker, Mending
• Changes of The End and new blocks from it
• Added The End and The Void biomes
• Added a handful of blocks, including Grass path, End stone brick, Purpur Block, End Rod, Dragon Head, Chorus Plants, Frosted Ice
• Added several arrows that apply effects on impact
• Changed the way weapons work (charged hits)
• New food sources
• Added a new creature: the Shulker

You can find all the new features of the 1.9 pre-release by following this link: More info