{"id":2299612,"date":"2024-04-25T09:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2299612"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:16:02","slug":"whats-new-in-the-arcgis-storymaps-briefings-app-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/announcements\/whats-new-in-the-arcgis-storymaps-briefings-app-april-2024","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App (April 2024)"},"author":346482,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[398132,771102,773572,29211,756712],"industry":[],"product":[36611],"class_list":["post-2299612","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-briefings","tag-briefings-app","tag-tablet","tag-whats-new-in-storymaps","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":346482,"user_firstname":"Aditya","user_lastname":"Allamraju","nickname":"Aditya Allamraju","user_nicename":"aallamraju","display_name":"Aditya Allamraju","user_email":"aallamraju@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/a71f005ba31441a3b5e5c12c862f4cb8","user_registered":"2023-09-26 20:51:00","user_description":"Ms. Aditya Allamraju is a Product Engineer II currently working for the ArcGIS Online Team and has about 3 years experience working for the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App team at Esri in Redlands, CA. She is a proactive GIS enthusiast and is passionate about learning technology that encourages productive collaboration and knowledge sharing.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":340882,"user_firstname":"Leah","user_lastname":"Jaques","nickname":"Leah Jaques","user_nicename":"ljaques","display_name":"Leah Jaques","user_email":"ljaques@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-06-16 21:05:55","user_description":"Leah was a Senior Product Marketing Manager and Product Marketing Team Lead for ArcGIS Online, Esri's primary software as a service for mapping and analysis. Leah loves connecting customers with innovative workflows and is passionate about technology that encourages productive collaboration and information sharing.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Share your briefing slides with an interactive image gallery and more with the latest update to the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Create presentations called briefings<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0ArcGIS StoryMaps\u00a0<\/a>builder and quickly consolidate critical information into shareable slides. Take your presentations with you and share briefings natively with the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app<\/a> to present dynamic maps and scenes to your stakeholders anywhere, anytime, even offline. Next time you need to present, provide your audience with the meaningful context of your interactive ArcGIS items, embedded content, and multimedia with briefings.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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What\u2019s New in the Briefings App<\/b><\/h2>\n

The ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings native app has been updated. Access the latest enhancements in the app on an Android or iOS tablet or a Windows computer or tablet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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Share slides with an interactive image gallery<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the ArcGIS StoryMaps builder, you can now add an image gallery to slides<\/a> in briefings. Easily share your image gallery on the go when you view your slides in the Briefings native app. When presenting, simply tap on an image in the gallery to expand it to full screen. If you\u2019ve configured a link on an image, clicking the image will open the link in the default browser on your device.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2315182,"id":2315182,"title":"Screenshot 2024-04-23 at 11.39.52\u202fAM","filename":"Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-scaled.png","filesize":2627594,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-scaled.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/announcements\/whats-new-in-the-arcgis-storymaps-briefings-app-april-2024\/screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11-39-52-am","alt":"","author":"346482","description":"","caption":"Image Gallery in a briefing slide","name":"screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11-39-52-am","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2299612,"date":"2024-04-23 18:40:29","modified":"2024-04-23 18:41:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1536,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-scaled.png","medium-width":435,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-scaled.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":461,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-scaled.png","large-width":1800,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-1536x922.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":922,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-2048x1229.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1229,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-775x465.png","card_image-width":775,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-11.39.52\u202fAM-1800x1080.png","wide_image-width":1800,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Present animated GIFs in your slides<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Support for animated GIFs has been added to the Briefings native app. Add life to your offline presentations with a GIF.<\/p>\n

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Navigate the app faster with the improved interface<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The native app interface has been improved with consistent messages displayed when you add or remove briefings from your favorites and download briefings. 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Stay tuned for more!<\/h2>\n

We regularly release new enhancements and bug fixes to improve your experience with the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings native app. To learn more about briefings, please review the following resources:<\/p>\n