With iOS 18 Apple has added a new feature called Vehicle Motion Cues. This feature is designed to help users with motion sickness when using their iPhone in a moving vehicle. The feature works by displaying dots on the screen that match the vehicle’s movement. These visual cues help users maintain focus and reduce motion sickness.
In this guide, we will share steps that will help you in enabling the Vehicle Motion Cues feature on your iPhone and iPad. We will also tell you how to add a toggle for Vehicle Motion Cues to the Control Center and quickly enable it whenever you want to use it.
Enable Vehicle Motion Cues on iPhone
On a device running iOS 18 or later follow the steps below to turn on Vehicle Motion Cues feature.
- Open Settings and go to the Accessibility page.
- There tap on the Motion option.
- On the next screen find the Vehicle Motion Cues option and tap on it.
- Finally, select the On option to enable the Vehicle Motion Cues feature. You can also select the Automatic option if you want the feature enabled automatically whenever you are in a moving vehicle.
Using Vehicle Motion Cues
Once enabled, you’ll notice the dots appearing along the edges of your iPhone’s screen. These dots will move in sync with the motion of your vehicle such as forward, backward, or side-to-side, helping to reduce any discomfort from motion sickness.
Add Vehicle Motion Cues toggle to Control Center
You can add Vehicle Motion Cues toggle in the Control Center and quickly enable or disable this feature from there. To do this, follow these steps.
- Access the Control Center and tap on the ‘+’ button from the top left corner.
- Tap on the ‘Add a Control’ option from the bottom and then search for Vehicle Motion Cues.
- Add its button to your Control Center.
That’s it, this is how you can enable and use the Vehicle Motion Cues feature on any iPhone running iOS 18 or later. We also showed you how you can enable and disable Vehicle Motion Cues feature with ease by adding its toggle to the Control Center.
