Moving Vehicle Directions for iPhone or iPad can help prevent motion sickness for passengers in moving vehicles. The screen will display moving dots at the edges of the screen that follow the vehicle’s movements.
In this way, iOS and iPadOS attempt to show the direction of motion, so that you suffer less from motion sickness. It is not a guarantee that you will not get sick, but the addition of the moving dots does reduce the conflicting signals from the senses.
Directions for moving vehicles for motion sickness
Moving Vehicle Cues for iPhone or iPad can help prevent motion sickness in passengers in moving vehicles. Research shows that motion sickness is often caused by conflicting sensory input, where visual input does not match what the user feels. This can make it difficult for some users to work comfortably on their iPhone or iPad while in a moving vehicle.
Moving vehicle cues are dots around the edges of the screen that track the vehicle’s movement. This reduces conflicting sensory signals without affecting the key information on the screen. Built-in sensors in iPhone and iPad detect when the user is in a moving vehicle and adjust the display accordingly.
Enable Motion Sickness Solution for iPhone
You can enable Moving Vehicle Directions on your iPhone or iPad starting with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 using the steps below.
- Open Settings for iPhone or iPad
- Navigate to ‘Accessibility’
- Tap on ‘Motion’
- Go to ‘Show vehicle movement instructions’
- Enable the desired option
At: The dots are always visible. Automatic: The dots will appear automatically when vehicle movement is detected. Out: Do not use the function.
Manually via control panel
You can also add a control to the control panel to manually switch the function on or off. The control can be found under ‘Viewing accessibility’ and can be recognized by the car symbol with a dotted line. In the highlighted article below you can read how to adjust the control panel.