Are build effects missing in Keynote for iCloud?

From everything I've read the only thing you can currently do with animation is a slide transition (changing from one slide to the next).

If you create a slide with builds on a laptop or desktop or ipad etc, those builds will not show up when viewing them in icloud (from a web browser). They will show up if you have the ipad or iphone app. But then, since there's no zoom feature, the information can be too small to be useful.

I really wish they would add this feature. Like you I need information on a slide to be revealed one step at a time, not all at once. (Maybe because it's a Beta they aren't done yet??)

Just signed up for Keynote through iCloud to be able to create presentations on my PC. Looking forward to seeing fully featured version asap! Would be a dream come true to create fully animated Keynote presentations on my PC for clients. That's the only reason I signed up for this beta version. Otherwise I will stick to PPT. Keynote animations are the best. Keynote on iCloud without them "mehh".

I'm a big fan of the iWorks programs... I know they lack the rich functionality that Microsoft offers and some people bag it for this reason, but to be honest I enjoy using the clean simple interface and I find it more inspiring. That said, I really wish they'd hurry up with the Beta and release V.1 for iCloud, its been what? 2 years already? A few features like the one mentioned above (keynote effects not available on iCloud) would really make it perfect or me! I'm a teacher and I work from home, the office and class room... having the iCloud versions updated to match the desktop version would save me lugging a laptop around, particularly with Keynote.

Please Apple hurry up!

1 1/2 years later and it still doesn't work. Sad 😟

You can simulate a lot of the build actions by duplicating slides and using "Build In" animations/Magic Move Transitions. It's not ideal, but it fills in a lot of gaps.