A woman is drawing attention online after revealing a hidden iPhone feature that helps passengers who get carsick while using their phones inside the car.
Rachel posted a video on TikTok to share the tip with her followers. “I discovered this yesterday and I need to share it with you,” she began in the clip, which has already received more than 140,000 views.
“Did you know there’s a setting on your iPhone that helps with motion sickness? Because I didn’t,” Rachel said. She then explained where to find the tool.
“Go to Settings, Accessibility, tap on Motion, and enable ‘Show Vehicle Motion Cues.’ Whenever the system detects that you’re in a car, small dots will appear on the screen and move as the car moves.”
“I tried it today for the first time. It’s a transformative experience,” she added at the end of the video. In the comments, TikTok users were shocked they had never discovered this before.
“My heroine,” one woman wrote. “It changed my life. If for some reason the dots don’t appear automatically, my body knows before I even notice,” said another. “Wow! My vertigo thanks you forever,” commented a third.
The feature arrived on iPhones with iOS 17. According to Apple, it was designed to reduce motion-induced nausea in passengers by displaying subtle animated dots along the edges of the screen.
The dots move in sync with the acceleration, turns, or braking of the vehicle, without interfering with what is being shown on the display.
Motion sickness happens because when you’re in a moving vehicle, your body remains still while your eyes and inner ear perceive motion, sending conflicting signals to the brain.
Therefore, by displaying visual cues that match the movement your body is sensing, the feature helps align what your brain sees and feels, reducing this conflict for some users.
Photo and video: TikTok @rhg11111. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
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