On September 30th, the 25.2.0 release of Field Maps went live. This was an off-cycle, mobile-only update, that was several years in the making. Spoken about in release articles throughout the year, shown at Esri events, it was a major update that included many new features and a rebirth of Field Maps on a completely new code base, built from the 200.8 version of the ArcGIS Maps SDK.

25.3.0 release

We pride ourselves on building stable, quality product that delivers on the capabilities you ask for. Unfortunately, the 25.2.0 release surfaced instability for several customers. In response, we released a series of patch updates addressing critical issues. The 25.3.0 includes numerous quality improvements/alignment across iOS and Android. The following is a list of customer-reported issues addressed in this update:

• BUG-000180046, BUG-000179997, BUG-000179959, BUG-000180075, BUG-000180077, BUG-000179875, BUG-000178151, BUG-000179871, BUG-000180075, BUG-000180135, BUG-000178443, BUG-000180643, BUG-000180934.

Additional improvements reported on Esri Community include:

• Fix for mention of repeated, un-expected sign in prompts.
• Support opening an app link from signed out state.
• Revert from showing distance units in yards unless explicitly set by user.
• Displaying field values when tapping on features from an OGC layer.
• Automatically start upload when starting Field Maps is app closed while in progress.
• Include EXIF when browsing and resizing photo as attachment.
• Enable snapping after rotating or zooming map.
• Do not zoom map to extent of parent feature when adding new child feature.

25.3.1 release

We have one more quality-driven release planned for this year still and now that we’ve released 25.3.0, we are going to provide builds of 25.3.1 as soon as available. Notable additions planned for the 25.3.1 release include:

• ENH-000180248, BUG-000179885, BUG-000180102, BUG-000180359, BUG-000179971, BUG-000179958, BUG-000180142
• Select text in Info element on form.
• Promotion of Collect Here action to the toolbar from overflow menu.
• Performance improvements when browsing maps on the Android platform.
• Performance improvements when loading forms.
• Aggregated features do not return popups for single features (non-clustered).

With every release, we provide opportunities for you to test development builds ahead of their general availability. We make beta builds available through the ArcGIS Field Maps Early Adopter Program. We strongly encourage you to join the beta program and test. It is an opportunity to exercise mission critical workflows and provide direct feedback to our development team as well.

This update will have a very short beta cycle, so please join the Early Adopter Program now and test if you can!

What’s coming next

We have a lot of new capabilities planned for 2026 and here is a quick glimpse at what you can expect to see coming.

Evolving map capabilities

• Download and directly open a GeoPDF as a new, on-device map.
• Use a GeoPDF file as a referenced basemap for data capture.
• Support for filtering attachments in pop-up elements by type or keyword.
• Introducing a new Stakeout tool enabling direct navigation to a point, along a line, or boundary of a polygon with precision.
• Numerous quality of life improvements

Utility Network improvements

• Support for association pop-up elements
• Viewing and editing support for subtype group tables
• Enhanced tracing capabilities
• Increased flexibility when working with branch versioning (available with ArcGIS Enterprise 12.1+

Data capture improvements

• Onboarding of new GPS receiver manufacturers
• Support for tilt compensation
• Enhanced metadata (tilt, orthometric height, coordinate system details)
• Direct support for line locators (includes locate metadata)

Form editing improvements

• Include capture of attachments within the form
• New media input types
• Supports form logic
• Writing of keywords for attachment filtering
• Multi-choice question type
• Dynamic choice lists (pick list driven from a table)
• Date and Time only field inputs
• Arcade assistant support included in Field Maps Designer
• AI-assisted data capture
• Extract forms from an image
• Audio transcription and text analysis

As always, this list of enhancements is subject to change. If you have questions about ArcGIS Field Maps or feel passionate about needed improvements, please reach out to us from the Esri Community page. If you would like to connect with and learn from your fellow users, please join our LinkedIn group.