Recently, Tommaso Checchi announced that Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.13, specifically 0.13.0, has been launched for Apple devices. From his statement, it is clear that the release of Minecraft Pocket Edition is imminent and just around the corner.
As many are aware, when developers announce a new game version, it must undergo approval in various stores (App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone).
Tommaso did not provide any updates on whether Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.13 has been submitted for review to Google Play; however, considering that a game cannot be released solely in one online store, we can confidently assert with 99.9% certainty that the version Minecraft PE 0.13.0 is currently under review at App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone.
By the way, it might be that 0.13 has been submitted to Apple a while ago :)— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) November 17, 2015
The anticipated release date for Minecraft PE 0.13.0 in the App Store, Google Play, and WP is approximately November 19-20 (Thu-Fri) or November 23-25 (Mon-Wed).