{"id":2678972,"date":"2025-02-14T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2678972"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:56:41","slug":"whats-new-in-the-arcgis-storymaps-briefings-app-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/announcements\/whats-new-in-the-arcgis-storymaps-briefings-app-february-2025","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App (February 2025)"},"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":[398132,773572,776282,778242,776292],"industry":[],"product":[36611],"class_list":["post-2678972","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-briefings-app","tag-ios-android-tablet-app","tag-local-briefings","tag-windows-computer-and-tablet-app","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":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3z7a7695-e1765911819589-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"View Charts, \"Full\" cover type, Basemap gallery for web map information panel and access Local Briefings on Windows devices in the Briefings app.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Elevate your presentations by seamlessly integrating dynamic maps and additional content using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/briefings-in-arcgis-storymaps\/\">briefings <\/a>in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/overview\">ArcGIS StoryMaps. <\/a>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/briefings-app\/\">ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app<\/a>, available on <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/arcgis-storymaps-briefings\/id1671931739\">iOS <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.esri.storymaps.briefings\">Android <\/a>tablets as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/detail\/9N42FT9V1SR1\">Windows <\/a>computers and tablets, you can present interactive maps even without an internet connection. This mobility allows you to take your slides with maps wherever you go, enabling you to deliver compelling briefings that showcase the rich and insightful context of your data.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><strong>What\u2019s New in the Briefings App<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get ready for some exciting enhancements to the Briefings app! You&#8217;ll now find a chart block, new cover slide styles, and a basemap gallery inside the briefing map panel. And that&#8217;s not all\u2014you\u2019ll have access to local briefings conveniently on your Windows briefings app! These features are designed to elevate your presentation experience to new heights!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"quick\">Quick links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#View\">View charts in briefings app<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#New\">New cover slide style now available in briefings app<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Introduce\">Introducing Basemap Gallery inside the Map Panel for web maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Access\">Access local briefings conveniently in briefings app<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3 id=\"View\"><b>View charts in briefings app<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>You can now view bar, column, line, and donut charts in your briefings app. You can hover or tap over the chart block to reveal options for adjusting its size or alignment; hovering\/tapping over a chart data value reveals a pop-up with more information. 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Selecting the Basemap tab will show all possible basemap options for your ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise account. Choosing any basemap from the gallery will switch the basemap on the web map and you can revert it to the original basemap anytime.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_b183qraf","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Quick-links-button-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3 id=\"Access\"><b>Access local briefings conveniently in briefings app<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can now share <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/announcements\/introducing-local-briefings-on-windows-in-disconnected-environments-share-briefings-locally-as-a-file-on-usbs-emails-and-more\/\">local briefings as a file through a USB or an email to your colleagues which can be viewed and accessed using the briefings app<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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The videos below demonstrate how to enable Local Briefings setting and how to view, access and update local briefings using the briefings app.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_ylq3lwzz","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_vu30s1rp","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Quick-links-button-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Stay tuned for more!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We regularly release new enhancements and bug fixes to improve the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app. To learn more, please review the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/briefings-tablet-app-beta\/\">Introducing the Briefings Tablet App: Access Your ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings Anytime, Anywhere!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/arcgis-storymaps-blog\/arcgis-storymaps-briefings-tablet-app-beta-known\/ba-p\/1333177\">ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings Tablet App (Beta): Known Issues and What\u2019s Coming<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get updates directly in your inbox by\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/newsletter-signup\">subscribing to our newsletter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We encourage you to try briefings and let us know your thoughts through the <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/3cc3b41570de40e394d04d8129a55931\">in-app feedback form<\/a> or in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/arcgis-storymaps\/ct-p\/arcgis-storymaps\">Esri 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