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What’s New in the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App (September 2025)

By Aditya Allamraju

The ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app empowers users to deliver presentations seamlessly, regardless of their location or internet connectivity. Compatible with iOS and Android tablets, as well as Windows computers and tablets, this innovative app allows for the integration of interactive maps and diverse content into your briefings. Whether online or offline, you can effectively present dynamic briefings that highlight valuable insights derived from your spatial data.

What’s New in the Briefings App

We’re thrilled to share some exciting enhancements to the Briefings app! You can now explore infographics, charts and text block enhancements while viewing your slides in the briefings app. These features offer more ways to present complex data clearly and interactively—wherever your briefing takes you.

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Infographics

The Briefings app has introduced support for infographics, including Basic, Stacked, Compact, and Titled layouts created in the Briefing Builder. These features simplify the enhancement of data visualization in your briefings!

Different infographic layouts supported in the Briefings app.

Custom charts color

In the Briefings app, you can now see custom colors for your bar, column, line charts whether single or multiple series, and donut charts that were configured in the chart editor viewer from the Briefings web builder. By customizing chart colors, you can enhance your storytelling with themes tailored to specific sections or topics, making your data easier to understand and navigate.

Custom chart colors supported in the Briefings app.
Different charts color palettes supported in the Briefings app.

Third level of text lists

The Briefings app now supports third level of bullet and numbered lists in the text block created in the Briefings web builder. This will help to make information easier to read, understand and scan into concise points, highlighting key information and organizing complex data effectively.

Third level of numbered lists supported in the Briefings app.
Third level of bullet lists supported in the Briefings app.

Stay tuned for more!

We periodically release new features, improvements and bug fixes to make the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app even better. To learn more, please review the following resources:

We encourage you to try briefings and let us know your thoughts through the in-app feedback form or in the Esri Community.

Take your briefings offline with the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app (ver. 1.10.3) available now for iOS and Android tablets and Windows computers and tablets.

Download the Briefings App on your iPhones and iPads.
Download the Briefings App on your iPhones and iPads.
Download the Briefings App on your Android phones and tablets.
Download the Briefings App on your Android phones and tablets.
Get the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app from the Microsoft Store
Download the Briefings App on your Windows computers.

Android ARMv8 (64bit)

Windows (64 bit)

Please note that the minimum system requirements are Android 8.0 (API level 26), iOS 14, and Windows 10.0.19041.0.

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