I am Having the exact same issue, HOWEVER if i change ONLY the character appearance in the in-game skin editor, it shows up on the other device just fine (customized, NOT Steve or Alex) as well as the device it was created on (the device that was projecting the skin to others using multiplayer). BUT, if I use PNG files as skins (aka custom skins) I'm having the EXACT same issue where on other devices it shows up as Steve.
the 2 devices I saw the issue on were the (apple) Ipad 6th generation, STANDARD (NOT pro NOT mini) and the HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC (aka hp pavilion g7)
Minecraft Version: 1.16.1
other notes:
I was using the pavilion g7 as the host for the minecraft world.
i was signed into Xbox live ONLY to the pavilion g7
i have the latest version of IOS on the ipad and latest version of windows 10 on the laptop (pavilion g7) (minus some very minor Microsoft office and Microsoft edge updates)
i was not using ANY texture packs when i saw the issue (and the issue stayed when i used texture packs)
i only have access to those 2 devices currently so i have no info on this on any other devices
M. K.
I am Having the exact same issue, HOWEVER if i change ONLY the character appearance in the in-game skin editor, it shows up on the other device just fine (customized, NOT Steve or Alex) as well as the device it was created on (the device that was projecting the skin to others using multiplayer). BUT, if I use PNG files as skins (aka custom skins) I'm having the EXACT same issue where on other devices it shows up as Steve.
the 2 devices I saw the issue on were the (apple) Ipad 6th generation, STANDARD (NOT pro NOT mini) and the HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC (aka hp pavilion g7)
Minecraft Version: 1.16.1
other notes:
I was using the pavilion g7 as the host for the minecraft world.
i was signed into Xbox live ONLY to the pavilion g7
i have the latest version of IOS on the ipad and latest version of windows 10 on the laptop (pavilion g7) (minus some very minor Microsoft office and Microsoft edge updates)
i was not using ANY texture packs when i saw the issue (and the issue stayed when i used texture packs)
i only have access to those 2 devices currently so i have no info on this on any other devices