In 1.21.70.23 Beta/Preview, a new button "Friends" has been added to Main menu and Pause screen, which allow you to open the Friends tab from these screen, but now the Friends button is missing or no longer available on these screen.
Step to reproduce:
Open Main menu, or if you're inside a world, open your Pause screen
Look at the top right corner of your screen
Observe
Expected results:
Friends button is available
Observed results:
Friends button is not available.
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They have been changing the friends tab and how to access it.
You can still access the friends tab in the world screen where you can friend people and join their worlds.
Another example is they have moved the “Add Friend” button from the top of the friends tab to the bottom, renaming it to “Search for Friends” with a magnify glass.
On my PS4 my friends worlds and friends of friends worlds now appear on my worlds screen. They also show the world name and player count which is much better than the friends tab however it is still their.