Apple iOS 18 has received several new features, which aim to make the experience even more convenient for users. One feature that is likely to become a super hit among travelers and car passengers is Vehicle Motion Cues, which will help prevent motion sickness when the user is looking at his/her iPhone or iPad. How this feature can be used and how it works, let’s talk about it in detail.
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How does the Vehicle Motion Cues feature work?
Apple’s research claims that motion sickness is caused by a sensory conflict between what the person is seeing and what they are feeling. This prevents some users from comfortably using the iPhone or iPad while riding in a moving vehicle.
Vehicle Motion Cues has been designed to prevent this sensory conflict by the use of visual elements on the display that indicate real-time changes in motion.
“With Vehicle Motion Cues, animated dots on the edge of the screen represent changes in vehicle motion to help reduce sensory conflict without interfering with the main content. Using sensors built into iPhone and iPad, Vehicle Motion Cues recognizes when a user is in a moving vehicle and responds accordingly. The feature can be set to show automatically on iPhone or can be turned on and off in Control Center.”
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How to Use the Vehicle Motion Cues Feature
Here are the steps to enable the Vehicle Motion Cues feature on iOS 18 and iPad OS 18-
- Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
- Choose ‘Accessibility’.
- Click on the ‘Motion’ option.
- Tap the ‘Show Vehicle Motion Cues’ option.
- Choose ‘On’ or ‘Automatic’ as per need.
Note- When you choose the ‘On’ option you will see dots until you turn them off. Meanwhile when you choose ‘Automatic’ it shows dots when vehicle motion is detected and hides them when the motion stops.
After turning the feature on, you will see motion cues which are little dots around the edges of your iPhone or iPad screen. If the user chooses automatic activation, you will have to wait until you are in a moving vehicle for cues to appear.
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How to Enable Vehicle Motion Cues from the Control Center
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You can also add a Vehicle Motion Cues button to the Control Center, here’s how this can be done-
- Invoke the Control Center with a diagonal swipe from the top-right corner of the screen.
- To access the customization mode in the Control Center, press and hold any empty area. Then, select ‘Add a Control’ located at the bottom.
- Swipe up to the Vision Accessibility controls or look for Motion in the input field, then choose Vehicle Motion Cues.
- To exit the customization mode, press and hold a space in the Control Center.
- Select the Vehicle Motion Cues button, then choose either On or Only in Vehicle.
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Currently, the feature has just rolled out so there is no guarantee that the feature will work for all users. However, it will soon roll out for all iOS users and will allow your kids to look at what’s on the screen for the duration of the journey without starting to feel nauseous.
This will come in handy for those who face issues of motion sickness during long journeys.
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