iPhones Have A Built-In Motion Sickness Feature That No One Knows About

visualspace via Getty Images Motion sickness commonly happens when looking at your phone as you ride in a car, but Apple has a fix. On both iPhones and iPads, Apple added animated dots to the periphery of the screen that move along with the car’s movement to reduce the eye-ear discrepancy that can lead to motion sickness. “I think the idea with is that if the iPhone that you’re holding is detecting the motion of the car, it will give your eyes a clue with these dots.” These dots sync what your body is feeling with what your body is seeing so you don’t have the mismatch in sensory signals that causes motion sickness, he explained. It goes without saying that folks driving a vehicle shouldn’t be looking at their phone, so this motion sickness feature is meant for people who are passengers. Here’s how to use the motion sickness feature on your iPhone or iPad: On your iPhone or iPad, the setting is technically called vehicle motion cues.