I have been playing Mincraft with my son for last 10 months. We are both using iPad Pro's. And until recently we have had no problem connecting to each other worlds. Then about two months ago, suddenly we are no long able to connect to each other. We can still see each other. We can still start the join process on each others worlds. But every single time, we get the "Unable to connect to world" error.

I have tried everything. I have rebooted the device. Swiped all of the apps out of memory. Signed out and back in again. Tried a third device. I checked the local network switch in settings. We are both on the same wifi network. I check the account settings at xbox live. I even deleted the game and reinstalled it. This is on a local network without any firewall or unusual router settings.

Help! Being stuck at home so much, we are really missing our favorite bonding experience.

iOS 14.3, Minecraft v1.16.201

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Looked at this post (on Arqade as well), and it seems like the issue might be with iOS permissions. In case the link breaks, go to the iPad settings app, go to Minecraft settings, and toggle "Local Network" to on. Also saw a Reddit post that had the same issue and solution. Seems to be because of the new iOS 14 privacy features.

Hope this works, and Happy Gaming.

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