{"id":2954774,"date":"2026-01-28T02:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2954774"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:27:57","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-january-2026","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (January 2026)"},"author":345372,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[780845,771102,29901,780938,756712],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2954774","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-ai-assistant","tag-briefings","tag-documentation","tag-whats-new-february-2026","tag-whats-new-in-storymaps","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":345372,"user_firstname":"Andria","user_lastname":"Olson","nickname":"Andria Olson","user_nicename":"aolson","display_name":"Andria Olson","user_email":"aolson@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-09-05 16:47:59","user_description":"Andria Olson is a senior content specialist on Esri's ArcGIS Storytelling team.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AndriaOlson_profile-213x200.png' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"ArcGIS StoryMaps introduces enhancements to briefings, AI theme assistant, StoryMaps content page, Documentation, and much more. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>ArcGIS StoryMaps is the professional tool for harnessing the power of maps to communicate your work using geospatial storytelling. The easy-to-use builder enables you to combine maps, 3D scenes, embedded content, multimedia, and more to create an interactive narrative that can inspire interest\u2014and action\u2014from your readers.<\/p>\n<p>Each month, our team uses community feedback to help inform new capabilities that can enhance your storytelling adventures. To begin the year, check out the many updates made to some of your favorite features:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"quick\">Quick links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#footer\">Add a footer to briefing slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#theme\">Generate theme from reference image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#content\">StoryMaps content page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#charts\">Charts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#doc\">Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#more\">And more&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"footer\">Add a footer to briefing slides<\/h2>\n<p>Briefings continue to serve the slide-based presentation needs of our user community\u2014and we continue to respond to your feedback! 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This month, the theme assistant received a major boost, enabling you to generate your theme from a <strong>Reference image<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the theme builder, select the <strong>Generate theme<\/strong> option from the starting panel; you will then see the options to <strong>Add image<\/strong> and <strong>Generate<\/strong>. If you\u2019re satisfied with the result, select <strong>Save and edit<\/strong> to fine-tune your generated theme. Not satisfied? 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