Archive · 9 Nov 2025
Apple's iPhone Feature Aims to Reduce Motion Sickness for Passengers
Imagine you're in a car and start feeling a little sick because your eyes see one thing but your body feels another.
Apple has a new feature on iPhones called 'Vehicle Motion Cues' that tries to help with this.
It puts little dots on your screen that move around when the car turns.
These moving dots help trick your brain into thinking everything is steady, like your body feels.
This can stop you from feeling dizzy or wanting to throw up.
You can turn it on in your phone's settings, and it works best when you're sitting in a car and facing forward.
For one person who gets really sick in cars, this feature actually helped them read their phone without feeling bad, which they couldn't do before.
Apple's new 'Vehicle Motion Cues' feature, available on iPhones and iPads with iOS 18 or higher, is designed to combat motion sickness.
The feature works by displaying small, moving dots on the screen that mimic the motion of the vehicle.
This visual cue aims to synchronize what the user sees with what their inner ear senses, thereby reducing dizziness and nausea.
Users can enable the feature in Accessibility settings and choose to have it active all the time or only when the device detects movement.
Personal experience suggests the feature can be effective for some individuals, allowing them to use their phone while traveling without experiencing severe motion sickness.
- Who
- Apple
- What
- Introduced a new feature called 'Vehicle Motion Cues' to help alleviate motion sickness
- When
- The feature is available on devices running iOS 18 or higher, and was unveiled in 2024.
- Where
- On iPhones and iPads
- Why
- To address motion sickness, which is commonly caused by a sensory conflict between visual input and the body's sense of motion.
- Feature Name
- Vehicle Motion Cues
- Device Compatibility
- iPhone and iPad running iOS 18 or higher
- Functionality
- Displays moving dots on screen to mimic vehicle motion, aligning visual and sensory input
- Purpose
- Reduce or eliminate motion sickness symptoms like dizziness and nausea
- Activation
- Can be enabled manually or set to activate automatically when a moving vehicle is detected
- Accessibility
- Found under Settings > Accessibility > Motion