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Android's New Feature Fights Car Sickness
25 Aug
Summary
- Android's new Motion Assist feature aims to reduce motion sickness.
- The feature displays moving shapes on screen edges to alleviate nausea.
- Apple introduced a similar feature, Vehicle Motion Cues, in iOS 18.
A new feature called Motion Assist is being rolled out for Android devices, designed to combat motion sickness experienced by users while in moving vehicles. This innovative tool aims to reduce nausea by displaying subtle moving shapes or dots along the edges of the screen. Users can discover and enable this feature within their Google Play Settings or by navigating through their phone's accessibility options.
This development mirrors a similar functionality introduced by Apple with its iOS 18 update. Dubbed Vehicle Motion Cues, Apple's feature also uses animated dots on the screen's periphery to visually represent the vehicle's movement without disrupting the user's activity. Both Android and Apple are now offering solutions to enhance the mobile experience for passengers prone to car sickness.
