The update came out today (October 25, 2012) !
Chat with our AI personalities
1.8 beta September 14, 2011. as of writing this the next major update will be 1.5
The next update should come out soon.
tommorow!!
It will be the 1.6 update, released May/June 2013.
The Minecraft update 1.6 has already been released as of September 2013. The 1.7 update is set to release before the end of the year.