Ridiculous low view distance and lower distance on realms

I just updated to the newest Version of Minecraft Windows 10 Edition. Sadly I realized fast, that I can’t see anything that is a little distance away of me. In 0.16 the view distance was significant higher especially without a Realm.

In the attached screenshots you see the same view. One on a local map (with the mountain in the background) and one on my realm. Because the world is generated on a server, the view distance should be much higher, not lower.

Also you clearly see, that no animal is visible in the distance. The 6 cages are all full of animals, that can’t be seen, even over this short distance.

On other regions of my world, I can’t even see the other side of a bridge anymore. This is really disappointing and kills the fun in the game by a huge factor.

I hope this is just a really annoying bug and not intended because it ruins the game for me.