Increase Minecraft Maximum Render Distance?

Hi, I have the following problem,
I play Minecraft with a friend and he has a higher render distance than me, I can't say exactly what kind of graphics card he has, but I definitely have a better one than him.

Does anyone have any suggestions how I can increase my maximum render distance from 32 to 48 chunks (or higher)? Because it has a maximum of 48 chunks and I can only set 32.

Why is that and how do I increase it?

Install OptiFine, that's it.

With Optifine you can set a higher range of vision than in unmodified Minecraft

Okay thank you

Thats is quite easy.
All you have to do is get Optifine or LabyMod. LabyMod includes Optifine if you select it during installation. LabyMod also offers advantages for playing Minecraft.
Then you can go to the settings as usual and set your render distance to 48 chunks.

Here some examples:

It shows your coordinates
You can see your current ping
You can talk to other LabyMod users via an in-game voice chat
You can design your Minecraft and your skin however you want
You see your clicks per second (CPS)
and much more…

Here is the download link to LabyMod:

https://labymod.net/de/download

Here is the one for Optifine:

https://optifine.net/.../downloads

Here are a few more pictures (from LabyMod):

You don't have to get it, of course, but it is recommended.

Thank-you

That looks mega cool and I'll definitely download it ^^

If you need help, please write to me privately. Installation and setting is not that easy

The thing is only labymod is only available for 1.12.2 or?

No also for the 1.8, you can select that during the installation.