Apple Adds iPhone Motion-Sickness Dots, Offering 24-Hour or Auto-On Relief
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Updated · BBC.com · Jul 29
Apple Adds iPhone Motion-Sickness Dots, Offering 24-Hour or Auto-On Relief
1 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 29
Summary
Apple’s iPhone includes a little-known “Vehicle Motion Cues” setting that places animated dots along screen edges to reduce motion sickness while users look at phones in moving vehicles.
The dots use the iPhone’s accelerometer to mirror vehicle movement, giving visual feedback that researchers say can ease the sensory disorientation linked to nausea.
Users can enable the feature in Settings > Accessibility > Motion, leave it on continuously or trigger it automatically; Android apps offer similar tools, and Pixel support is rumored.
Reviews are mixed, but some users describe the feature as a “game changer,” while others say it helps only when phone use itself is what triggers their motion sickness.
The feature also highlights a broader shift: smartphones are adapting to remove yet another barrier to screen use, even during commutes that once forced people to look away.