ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings
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The ArcGIS StoryMaps briefings tablet app enables you to access and share your briefings on the go from your tablet, providing a viewing, interacting, and presentation experience at your fingertips. Download your briefings to the tablet app and discover the power and convenience of offline presentations.
Briefings are created using ArcGIS StoryMaps. Briefings offer a presentation-style storytelling output that’s ideal for conveying information in a structured, visually captivating way. Just like creating stories or collections, you can use the ArcGIS StoryMaps builder on the web to craft briefings specifically tailored to your organization’s needs. Whether you’re presenting internally or externally, briefings provide a powerful platform to integrate live maps and real-time data seamlessly.
more Following bug fixes for the 2.4 release?
- Image gallery not loading for offline briefings
- Slide title not honoring background and caption color for offline briefings
- Express Maps not loading certain poly lines with Enterprise briefings
- Other bugs fixes and small improvements
2.4.39 Sep 29
What's new in 2.3 release?
The ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app now supports the following features in the offline briefing viewer:
- Stacked charts and area charts
- Slide title and section title rich text styling, including alignment, italics, strikethrough, and color
- Slide backgrounds with solid colors, accent color gradients, and images
- New infographic options: pictograph and word cloud
- Other bug fixes and improvements
2.3.58 Aug 27
v(2.2.136 updates)
Introducing the next generation of the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings mobile app with an updated design, usability enhancements, and a new universal StoryMaps experience.
Content search - Updated the search to include ArcGIS StoryMaps items from your organization and groups.
Phone support - Added support for small screens so now you can use the Briefings app on your phone.
Swipe map - Added offline support for swipe maps which can be configured to use mobile map package (.mmpk) or video files.
Universal StoryMaps experience (beta) - Enables you to search, browse, and view ArcGIS StoryMaps stories, frames, and collections across the app and on a new Explore page with StoryMaps content feeds.
General UI improvements, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
2.2.136 Jul 1
What's new in 2.1.29?
- Added support for configured footers in briefing slides
- Added background color support for the full cover page
- Introduced an auto-play option for briefing slides
- Improved logo sizing and aspect ratio handling
- Fixed infographic truncation issues on mobile devices
- Fixed 360° image authentication issues in Enterprise web tier
- General UI improvements, bug fixes, and performance enhancements
2.1.29 Jan 28
What's new in 2.0.99?
- Gallery page enhancements - Improved app performance with better scrolling and dynamic content
- Settings enhancements such as addition of diagnostics
- Accessibility support such as voice over and haptic feedback
- Added support for phones
- Bug fixes for a more reliable experience
2.0.99 12/10/2025
Version 1.10.3
- Support for Infographics
- Custom charts colors
- Third level of text lists
- Bug fixes and small improvements
1.10.3 09/04/2025
Version 1.9.9
- Access Flexible layouts
- Explore 360 Images
- View multi-series charts
- Bug fixes and other improvements
1.9.9 06/12/2025
Version 1.8.4
- Support for the chart block for bar, column, line, and donut chart
- Support for new cover (slide) type - "Full"
- Added basemap switcher using a basemap gallery inside Map Panel for webmaps only
- Bug fixes and small improvements
1.8.4 02/12/2025
Version 1.7.5
- Further enhancements to overview tab within Map panel which now shows the summary, description, credits and terms of use if available for web maps and mobile map packages (offline maps). Map panel was introduced in the previous release (1.6 version)
- Other improvements and bug fixes
1.7.5 12/12/2024
Version 1.6.15
- View your briefings in portrait mode
- ArcGIS item views count is added on the gallery card along with the sorting option
- Option to update the downloaded briefings
- Navigate through your briefing slides using swipe gestures
- New UI panel for map information, tools, feature popup and legend
- Support for map units and gridlines for web maps, and mobile map packages
- Options menu on the header inside the briefing which includes copy link to the current slide
1.6.15 11/15/2024
Version 1.5.7
- Support for code block which allows user to view and copy code snippets inside briefing slides
- Time slider is now integrated with the time-enabled layers in web maps, scenes, mobile map packages and scene packages
- Manage downloaded briefings from the app with a newly added setting
- Enhanced express maps pop-up information with media
- Smoother experience with autoplay briefings and updated UI
- Many additional bug fixes and small improvements
1.5.7 08/21/2024
Version 1.4.6
- Performance and stability improvements when loading and navigating through the slides
- Several memory improvements have been made in this release to reduce the crashes by more than 70%
- Support for the Table Block feature
- Autoplay mode feature has been added which lets the briefing slides to automatically navigates at 15 seconds
interval
- Added support identify map feature popup in slide view. Previously, the identify popup for maps and scenes were available
only in expanded mode
- Several other bug fixes and improvements
1.4.6 06/24/2024
Version-1.3.5
- Support for image gallery in your slides
- GIF images animation in the slides
- Enhanced UI for toast messages throughout the app
- Several other bug fixes and improvements
1.3.5 04/25/2024
What's New?
- Indentation added for bulleted and numbered lists
- Added support for briefing logo property appearance for cover page and header
- Support for secured ArcGIS layers is now added for maps and scenes
- User should be able to pan/zoom the Map and scenes when viewing within the slides
- Font and Line height improvements to avoid any text overflows
- Swiping gesture for slides has been disabled
- Multiple bug fixes and improvements
1.2.3 03/27/2024
What's New?
- Text with hyperlinks within slides are now updated to work by directly tapping on the text
- Display media in the place of maps in the swipe block offline
- Configure the date on the first slide
- A more flexible Table of Contents
- Images now support
- Images now show the adjusted focus when configured from the Briefings builder.
Bug fixes
- Web maps and scenes popups will only appear if results are returned
- Fixed the issue where videos added as offline media for a map or embedded content was not loading
- Map Scalebar flickering issue has been addressed
- Images not loading in the swipe block when offline has been fixed
- Local Web Scenes not supported will show the correct empty state instead of empty view
- Other small fixes and general improvements
1.1.3 02/28/2024
What's New?
Enhancements
- Support for cover page date has been added
- Slide title within table of contents now honors "Display title" configuration
- Swipe block for Maps in offline use has a new configuration to support images
- Map popups will not display if no features are returned
Bug fixes
- Videos added as offline media for maps or scenes now load and play as expected
- Local Web Scenes not supported will show the correct empty state instead of empty view
- Scalebar flickering issue when panning or zooming has been addressed
- Other small fixes and improvements
1.1.2 02/27/2024
Following bug fixes for the 2.4 release?
- Image gallery not loading for offline briefings
- Slide title not honoring background and caption color for offline briefings
- Express Maps not loading certain poly lines with Enterprise briefings
- Other bugs fixes and small improvements
more Version 2.4.39 Sep 29
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