Tech Desk
Sep 26, 2024
Apple integrated various new accessibility features, and one feature in particular, which is expected to attract car passengers is Vehicle Motion Cues.
Its main focus is to prevent motion sickness when looking at an iPhone or iPad. According to the Cupertino-based tech giant, research displays that motion sickness is commonly caused by a sensory conflict between what a person views and what they feel, which can prevent some users from comfortably utilising an iPhone or iPad while riding in a moving vehicle.
Vehicle Motion Cues are developed to prevent this sensory conflict with the use of visual elements on the display that indicate real-time changes in motion.
Apple explains: “With Vehicle Motion Cues, animated dots on the edges 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 Centre.”
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Gadinsider has compiled a step-by-step guide which shows you how to enable Vehicle Motion Cues in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.
- Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap Accessibility.
- Tap Motion.
- Tap Show Vehicle Motion Cues.
- Choose On or Automatic.
It is important to note that selecting on shows the dots until you turn them off while choosing Automatic shows the dots when vehicle motion is detected and hides them when the motion stops.
If you turned on the feature, you should be able to view the motion cues – roving little dots around the edges of your iPhone or iPad screen.
