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Vehicle Motion Cues

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/iphone-comfortably-riding-a-vehicle-iph55564cb22/ios
23•Austin_Conlon•2h ago

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JSR_FDED•1h ago
Works surprisingly well, had a super sensitive passenger in the car the other day and zero signs of nausea.
jdross•1h ago
One of the best and most clever "hidden" features. Very Apple.

I never get nauseous looking at my phone in an Uber anymore. My wife can barely handle looking at a screen in a car and this feature allows her to work with no issue.

NateEag•1h ago
There is a nice little app that does this on Android available on F-droid:

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.davidv.motionsickness

King-Aaron•1h ago
This has been reposted here several times in the last few weeks, but it is a very neat feature. I find myself getting quite motion sick on the bus if I look at my phone, but these dots help me at least check messages here and there without immediately feeling like I'm going to throw up.
neko_ranger•51m ago
This is an easy enable with "Automatic Detection". Are there any other phone "Accessibility" options that are useful to everyone?
duskwuff•29m ago
Under "Display & Text Size": "on/off labels" and "increase contrast". "Reduce transparency" is a bit of a mixed bag but is worth trying out.

Under "Audio & Visual", "background sounds" is a built-in 'white noise' generator and can be useful for relaxing / sleeping. You wouldn't want to leave it on all the time, of course.

Under "Touch": "Back Touch" lets you map a double/triple tap on the back of the phone to various actions.

There's a lot of other neat features in iOS Accessibility (eye-tracking control! automatic captions! sound recognition!) and I'd encourage you to poke around to see what's available.

Crespyl•5m ago
Not technically "Accessibility" but Android has a "developer" setting called "Show Touches" which puts little dots on screen when you touch it.

I find it acts a little like being able to see the cursor on a desktop or laptop; it provides a little bit of immediate feedback that the system recognized your intent, and helps make it clear whether it's the OS or just the app when things are getting laggy.

Centigonal•49m ago
I just found out this capability is also available on Macbooks!

This would have saved me a lot of grief during a recent road trip through some mountains.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-motion-setti...

fletchowns•27m ago
It works great on Macbook. I don't know why they don't suggest it to folks when car or train movement is detected! I have a feeling a lot of people don't know it exists.

I wish my Pixel 9 had it but I guess it hasn't trickled down yet. I think it's in the latest Android on latest Pixel devices though.

sssilver•16m ago
I have no idea how something like this is ideated, then prototyped, then validated, but it does work wonders for me, and I am so grateful it exists.

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