The ArcGIS Field Maps 25.2.0 release is here, and it’s packed with powerful updates that will transform how you explore, capture, and share maps in the field. With new enhancements designed to boost productivity, improve data accuracy, and create smarter mobile workflows, this update pushes field operations to the next level. The 25.2.0 release is now available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Key updates include:

• An all-new Task coordination capability that improves the efficiency of field workflows by providing an easily configurable, dynamic, task-driven to-do list that guides mobile workers to get their work done.
• Improvements in how your maps can improve situational awareness. This includes offline support for viewing and tracing utility networks, an all new personal markup experience, support for related record pop-up elements, and much more.
• Enhanced data capture and editing workflows with improvements to indoor and outdoor location capture, a streamlined experience when working with Trimble GNSS receivers, LADM support, Edit Multiple now includes forms support, offline support for attribute rules, and numerous arcade enhancements that support new workflows like stationing and offset capture and cut/fill measurements.

Task Coordination

Tasks are designed to coordinate and manage work that needs to be completed in the field. Tasks are features, when configured using Field Maps Designer, tasks are presented in dynamic to-do lists for mobile workers, organizing and providing the information needed to complete the job. The Tasks experience is highly configurable. Learn how to prepare and configure your maps with tasks. Consider how you can integrate tasks with your Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system to enhance efficiency and provide real-time insights into your field operations.

Mobile workers can:

• Sort and filter assigned work.
• View and access task details.
• Navigate to the job site.
• Complete tasks with configurable, context-driven task actions.
• Create and pick-up unassigned work in the field.
• Work with tasks online, offline, indoors and outdoors.

Learn more about how mobile workers can work with tasks.

Situational Awareness

There are significant improvements that boost situational awareness in this release. Organizations can take utility networks offline, sketch and share map markup with a completely new experience, streamline working with related records, and much more.

Situational awareness improvements include:

• Support for v7 utility networks.
• View and trace utility networks offline.
• Simplified experience working with related records via support for related pop-up elements.
• Geofence location-alerts that update with edits to the underlying source features.
• New and improved personal markup experience.
• New collaboration experience for Apple devices.
• Snapping to features when using the Measure tool.
• Discover a dynamic scale bar when adjusting map scale.
• Numerous UX and accessibility improvements

Data capture and editing

Whether capturing new assets using high accuracy GNSS receivers, performing inspections or maintenance activities, or capturing observations with photos, there are many improvements to data capture workflows in this release.

Data capture improvements include:

• Forms support within the Edit Multiple tool.
• Connected branch versioning editing experience.
• An improved experience when using Trimble GNSS receivers.
• Editing support for subtype group layers.
• Offline support for constraint and calculation attribute rules.
• Support for LADM workflows on the Android platform.
• Enhancements to the Indoor editing experience.
• Numerous Arcade enhancements that unlock new data capture capabilities like stationing and offsets and cut/fill.

Present in the ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 release and available now in ArcGIS Online, is the ability to set a specific branch version for layers in your map that are branch versioned. If present, when you open the online map, all edits will be stored in the branch version specified.

Biggest release ever

We’ve addressed more than 90 user-reported issues and enhancement requests. Some considerations with the update:

• Mobile users will be required to sign in with their ArcGIS account after the app updates. So consider letting them know. Ask them to start Field Maps before heading to a remote location. If prompted to sign in, make sure to have your credentials handy.
• We’ve updated iOS and Android version requirements. We now require devices update to iOS 18 and Android 10.

What’s coming next

For the remainder of 2025, we’re planning a small, bug fix update for both the Field Maps mobile apps and Field Maps Designer as we get started on exciting new capabilities for 2026!

Here are a few capabilities we’re working on for next year:

• Support for GeoPDF as an on device map and local basemap.
• A new Stakeout tool for transferring designs to ground.
• Several improvements when working with utility networks (support for pop-up association elements, display and editing of subtype group tables, additional branch versioning capabilities and enhancements to network tracing capabilities.
•  New support for tilt compensation when using an external GNSS receiver as well as direct capture using line locators.
• AI-assisted data capture.
• Many new form improvements (attachments, multi-choice, and more).

Contact us

If you have questions about ArcGIS Field Maps, please check out our Esri Community page. If you would like to connect with and learn from your fellow users, please join our LinkedIn group.