A woman has captured the attention of internet users after revealing a hidden feature on her iPhone to help passengers who suffer from motion sickness when using their phone in the car.
Rachelposted a video on TikTok to share this tip with her followers. “I found this yesterday and thought I’d share it with you,” she says in the video, which has been viewed more than 140,000 times.
“Hey guys, did you know that there’s a setting on your iPhone to alleviate motion sickness? I didn’t know that,” Rachel said, before explaining how to find the feature.
“Go to Settings, Accessibility, then ‘Motion’ and enable ‘Show vehicle movement signals.’ When the system detects that you are in the car, small dots will appear on the screen and move as the car moves.”
“I tried it for the first time today, and it was a truly transformative experience,” she added at the end of the video. Comments expressed surprise that TikTok users weren’t aware of the feature.
“My hero!” one user commented, while another said: “It’s changed my life. If the dots don’t appear automatically, my body can tell first.” “Wow! I will be forever grateful for my Vertigo,” one user commented.
This feature was added to iPhone in iOS 17. According to Apple, the feature is designed to help passengers reduce motion sickness caused by movement in the car, with subtle animated dots appearing at the edges of the screen.
These dots move in sync with the car’s acceleration, turns, and braking and do not affect what is displayed on the screen.
The reason you get motion sickness in a car is because when the car is moving, your body remains still, but your eyes and inner ear detect the movement, which sends conflicting signals to your brain.
This feature therefore displays visual cues that match the body’s sense of movement, helping the brain match what it sees and feels, which may reduce motion sickness in some users.
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