Apple Vehicle Motion Cues
Motion sickness aid in Phones & tablets
Free iPhone setting that adds moving dots to ease motion sickness when reading the screen in a car. Critics say it only partly helps and does not work for everyone.
Free iPhone setting that adds moving dots to ease motion sickness when reading the screen in a car. Critics say it only partly helps and does not work for everyone.
72 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 59
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 3 months
Median of the 5 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 59 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Makes phone use in cars tolerable
“The dots on the iPhone do help a little bit. I wouldn't say it cures me, but I can at least check messages on the ride without immediately feeling like death.”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “these dots help me at least check messages here and there without immediately feeling like I'm going to throw up”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues” “It helps, doesn't completely cure it for me but makes looking at google maps / iMessage more bearable.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” - Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “Ryanair Passenger Sucked Toward Broken Window After Midair Engine Failure”
- Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues”
- Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
- Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
- Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues”
- Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
Works in cars, trains and Ubers
“it's a game changer on the Pendolino trains I get to work as they tilt going around corners”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues” “This works really well in the Tesla Ubers here in NYC when i'm working on my MacBook”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “It's a great feature, I've been testing it while we drive in the Greek mountains.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” - Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues”
- Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings”
- Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues”
- Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
- Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings”
Helps people prone to motion sickness
“Has worked very well for my wife who notably couldn’t look at her phone for even a few seconds without feeling ill”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “Since they put this setting on, they can happily use their phone with no motion sickness.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings” “As someone with persistent BPPV, I need anti-nausea dots in life.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” - Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues”
Easy to set to automatic
“It really works. Just put it on auto and let the phone's accelerometer control when it turns on.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “which is useful for quickly enabling / disabling without digging through the settings”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “There is an automatic mode that works perfectly for me.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Only partial relief, not a cure
“The dots on the iPhone do help a little bit. I wouldn't say it cures me, but I can at least check messages on the ride without immediately feeling like death.”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “it doesn't solve motion sickness for me when looking at my phone in a car, but it does seem to make it a little less severe”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues” “It helps, doesn't completely cure it for me but makes looking at google maps / iMessage more bearable.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” - Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “Ryanair Passenger Sucked Toward Broken Window After Midair Engine Failure”
- Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
- Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
Did not help some people
“Unfortunately it does not work for me. If anything, the dots just distract me or make it worse.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings” “tried over the course of several weeks, unfortunately it didn't help”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “I gave this feature a try and it didn't work for me.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” - Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness”
Distracting or annoying to use
“Unfortunately it does not work for me. If anything, the dots just distract me or make it worse.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings” “I tried it for about 30 seconds and was so annoyed by how distracting I found it”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “it feels kind of nonsensical and just annoying”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings” Doesn't work in electric cars
“this feature works for me and its amazing! BUT one interesting caveat - it doesnt work when im in an electric car”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness” “unlike Apple's system it does not count for acceleration”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Vehicle Motion Cues”
What people said
40 of the 78 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it feels kind of nonsensical and just annoying”
“Unfortunately it does not work for me. If anything, the dots just distract me or make it worse.”
“Since they put this setting on, they can happily use their phone with no motion sickness.”
“allowed them both to read their books and articles while I was driving”
“It works very well while being a passenger in a car.”
“it's a game changer on the Pendolino trains I get to work as they tilt going around corners”
“This feature has helped me so much since i found it.”
“It's supposed to handle acceleration though, if you bring your phone to your face quickly dots get larger.”
“this helped me tremendously when I had to work in the backseat of a moving car”
“it doesn't solve motion sickness for me when looking at my phone in a car, but it does seem to make it a little less severe”
“the dots help me to go from instantly feeling sick to lasting 30-40 minutes”
“it felt better than Kinestop which I use”
“unlike Apple's system it does not count for acceleration”
“This would have saved me a lot of grief during a recent road trip through some mountains.”
“these dots help me at least check messages here and there without immediately feeling like I'm going to throw up”
“I never get nauseous looking at my phone in an Uber anymore.”
“It helps me not get car sick so quickly when I use my phone for a minute or two at a time”
“They’ve been a lifesaver for me in the back of Ubers”
“It helps, but I still cannot respond to Whatsapp messages.”
“The dots on the iPhone do help a little bit. I wouldn't say it cures me, but I can at least check messages on the ride without immediately feeling like death.”
“tried over the course of several weeks, unfortunately it didn't help”
“this feature works for me and its amazing! BUT one interesting caveat - it doesnt work when im in an electric car”
“yeah this feature totally works for me, I've been using it for a few months now.”
“I thought the iPhone one was broken at first and didn't have the best results from it”
“There is an automatic mode that works perfectly for me.”
“It really works. Just put it on auto and let the phone's accelerometer control when it turns on.”
“I highly recommend people look through apple's accessibility features every major release they seem to quietly release some real gems.”
“which is useful for quickly enabling / disabling without digging through the settings”
“As someone with persistent BPPV, I need anti-nausea dots in life.”
“It's a great feature, I've been testing it while we drive in the Greek mountains.”
“this makes it so much more tolerable to use my computer on the bus”
“Unlike many obvious inventions, this is novel enough to deserve patent protection.”
“Apple's implementation helps only a small amount if at all.”
“This works really well in the Tesla Ubers here in NYC when i'm working on my MacBook”
“it's been a game changer for using our phone on transit or in the car”
“I tried it for about 30 seconds and was so annoyed by how distracting I found it”
“It helps, doesn't completely cure it for me but makes looking at google maps / iMessage more bearable.”
“I gave this feature a try and it didn't work for me.”
“Has worked very well for my wife who notably couldn’t look at her phone for even a few seconds without feeling ill”
“these dots have not helped me in cars or trains”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.