A woman is attracting the attention of internet users by showing off a hidden feature on her iPhone that can help passengers who get drunk while using their mobile phones in the car.
rachelposted a video on TikTok to share this tip with her followers. “I found this yesterday and thought I had to share it with everyone,” he began the video. The video has already been viewed over 140,000 times.
“Did you know that your iPhone has a setting to help reduce car sickness? I didn’t,” Rachel said, before explaining where the feature was located.
“Go to Settings, select Accessibility, then ‘Movement,’ and turn on ‘Show vehicle movement signals.’ When the system detects that you’re in a car, you’ll see little dots on your screen that move as your car moves.”
“Today I tried it for the first time and it was a transformative experience,” she concludes at the end of the video. In the comments section of TikTok, many users were surprised that they didn’t know this before.
One user commented, “My hero!” “My life has changed. Even when the dots don’t appear automatically, my body feels it and knows before I know it,” said another user. “Wow! My vertigo is forever grateful,” another commented.
This feature was added to iPhone in iOS 17. According to Apple, the feature is designed to reduce passenger motion sickness, and will display a dot in a subtle animation at the edge of the screen.
The dot moves in sync with the car’s acceleration, curves, and brakes, without interfering with what’s on screen.
Sickness occurs when your body doesn’t move in a car, but your eyes and inner ears sense movement, which sends contradictory signals to your brain.
So by displaying visual cues that correspond to the movements your body is feeling, this feature helps match what your brain sees and feels, resolving that discrepancy and, for some users, reducing motion sickness.
Photos and videos: TikTok @rhg11111. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by our editorial team.
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