The briefings app is a companion to your ArcGIS StoryMaps briefings. You can now access and share your briefings on the go from your iOS and Android phones (now in Beta), tablets, and Windows computers and tablets providing a viewing, interacting, and presentation experience at your fingertips. For more information, please read our announcement blog article .
Please provide any feedback or issues encountered through the in-app feedback or Esri Community.
What's New in the Briefings App 2.3?
Here is the list of updates that have been added in the app version 2.3.58 for the Aug 2026 :
- Enhanced chart control with stacked charts and area charts
- Additional Infographic types: Pictograph and word cloud
- Custom slide backgrounds
- Rich text styling for section and slide titles
- Other improvements and bug fixes
What's New in the Briefings App 2.2?
Here is the list of updates that have been added in the app version 2.2.136 for the July 2026 :
- Updated app design
- Content search functionality added
- Offline swipe Maps now support offline maps such as MMPK or videos also along with images
- Universal StoryMaps experience (beta)
- Improved legend UI for the map layers inside the map block
- Enhanced 360 images with an auto rotate configuration option
- Fixed a text sizing issue for infographic blocks in portrait mode
- Improved text rendering and sizing for all font sizes when displayed on small screens
- Updated the table of contents to overlay the slides when viewed on a small screen
- Added the option to share briefings directly on social platforms
- Added the “Show in Explorer” option for offline briefings in the Windows version of the app. This opens the folder where the offline briefing has been downloaded and makes it easy to copy briefing files for local use
- Fixed image quality for the images inside image blocks and image gallery blocks
- Added the About page. The About page has information specific to the app as well as useful links and product documentation
- Fixed multiple map issues
- Addressed multiple internationalization issues including RTL and date internationalization issues for non-English languages
- Addressed performance and crash issues across the iOS, Android, and Windows platforms
- General UI improvements, bug fixes, and performance enhancements
Below is a list of issues you may encounter while using this release of the briefings app and a preview of what is planned for future releases.
Known Issues and Limitations
We are aware of the following issues and plan to address them in an upcoming release.
IOS specific
A downloaded icon may show for non-downloaded briefings under the “All Briefings” tab only (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Some special characters do not get encoded correctly in Briefing slide title and TOC (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Video glyph beside the link to resource is missing and shows as space (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)GIF images do not animate and are shown as static image when added in logo or image block (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)PDFs added in embedded block and link to resource are not scrollable. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)Briefings cards display abnormally and unclickable on "My Downloads" tab when downloading a briefing if never switch to "My Downloads" tab before. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)Logo with a URL added on the new cover type does not respond to click. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)In some instances, when you pull down to refresh, the user interface may not update properly. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)Permission strings for Face ID and Location were not localized (Fixed in 2.1.29)- In certain cases, GIF images do not animate when added in the header as logo or in image blocks or in express maps pop-ups.
- Videos do not honor the theme background color on playing.
- Text shows single line and then truncates it on table of contents, and map pop-up identify for some cases.
- Bold and italic styling is not yet supported in text blocks.
- When choosing recent used URLs in dark theme, the URL will appear dark for the first time.
- When the numbered list has 10+ items, the list gets pushed right giving some space in front of single digit items.
- Video playback options - "Autoplay without controls and Autoplay with controls and loop until stopped." in express maps feature information does not work as expected.
Android specific
There may be a lag when switching tabs, showing an empty screen instead of a graphic when there are no briefings to display. Please pull down to refresh if this occurs (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Map tools have an offset placement issue (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Tapping on the search bar in the map causes the briefings tablet app to crash (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Some web scenes fail to expand correctly when clicking the expand button (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Swipe block for maps do not have expand option (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Some special characters do not get encoded correctly in Briefing slide title and TOC (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Video glyph beside the link to resource is missing and shows as space (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)Scrolling within the embedded content view can interfere with the swiping gesture for the briefing slides (Fixed in ver.1.1.3)Text shows single line and then truncates it on gallery card, table of contents and map pop-up identify (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)The screen may flash initially in the briefing slide before an embedded resource loads (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)Tint issue for legend button in maps and scenes. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)Video does not properly expand all the way to the bottom when Table of Contents is open. (Fixed in ver. 1.6.15)When web layers having embedded credentials are added in some IWA portal, the briefing shows Sign-in challenge. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)Table block does not resize correctly when screen orientation is rotated between Portrait & landscape orientations. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)In a donut chart, when no data label and values are configured, empty hooks appear alongside each donut slice. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)- In certain cases, GIF images do not animate when added in the header as logo or in image blocks or in express maps pop-ups.
- If the images have a focus configured which is different from the default, it does not show the focus.
- All the items inside the numbered list always pushed to right giving some space in front of the text regardless of number of items.
- In RTL, the text in the cover slide are not right aligned when opening a briefing. But it aligns fine if you switch device's orientation.
Windows specific
There is UI sizing issue when windows screen is resized while inside briefing (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Identify pop-up window in swipe block for express maps does not display (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Some downloaded briefings show blank page on opening them and are not readable (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Offline to online behavior does not display correct toast message in some cases (Fixed in ver. 1.0)On clicking on My Briefings filter in disabled network, it shows offline empty state (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Swipe block may have issues in the swiping gesture (Fixed in ver. 1.0)Bold and color styling is not yet supported in text blocks (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)The sign-in button does not respond after signing browser has been closed without logging into the app. It would require restarting the app (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)Video glyph beside the link to resource is missing and shows as space (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)Some special characters do not get encoded correctly in Briefing slide title and TOC (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)Scrolling through gallery cards has shadow effect while refreshing the items. (Fixed in ver.1.3.5)Windows shows single line and then truncates the text on gallery card, TOC and map pop-up identify (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)Windows always takes to cover page when minimizing and again maximizing the app.(Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)When focus is changed for any image or video thumbnail that is Filled, Windows does not honor the focus change (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)There is UI issue with mouse wheel gestures while inside briefing. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)There are few UI issues when having Windows size resized and back to full screen size. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)“Replace media” option in editing mode for the full cover page of a local briefings on Windows (Fixed in 2.1.29)Code and 360 image are flipped in Briefing Native view for RTL languages. Fixed in 2.1.29)
Location permission if denied on windows was not responding when tapped on location request within the Map (Fixed in 2.1.29)- After installing the app on some non-English language/locale environments, it may fail to launch. In this case please install the VC++ redistribution package from https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe and then relaunch the app. Alternatively, you can install the app on an English language/locale environment first and then switch to the non-English language and launch the app successfully.
Images in expanded view do not zoom in/out for non-touch devices only.- In RTL, Details dialog is displayed at incorrect place when hovering over legend item of Donut Chart with long Title.
In RTL, Some of the text on horizontal left and center does not honor correct font color on all briefing slides.
General
What’s Coming
We are considering the following updates for future releases:
- Deep Linking
Universal StoryMaps experience for items other than Briefings (Beta) (2.2)Enhancements in UI for Phones(2.2)Search briefings on gallery page (2.2)
