Xbox One X went from 22 to 18. What makes this really annoying is the fact that they did this in update 1.16.200 in 2020. my Xbox One S went from 22 to 14. I'm seeing a pattern here in which we will keep loosing chunks until it's unplayable. there is a feedback post on Minecraft Feedback to potentially stop this from happening again. https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/4404439332621-Universal-Render-Distance-Limit-On-All-Bedrock-Platforms-
Still in 1.17.41
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I saw this coming. Didn't have an issue yesterday though after release.