Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android
It's currently only appearing on Pixels running Android 17.
It's currently only appearing on Pixels running Android 17.
The short version
- Some people are cursed with motion sickness, which can make it impossible to read or use a phone in a moving vehicle without suffering waves of nausea.
- There’s a surprisingly simple trick that can make smartphones usable in such situations.
- Apple deployed it on the iPhone a couple of years ago, and now Google’s own version is finally coming (slowly) to Android.
What happened
Motion sickness is caused by a disagreement between what your inner ear senses and what your eyes see. If you’re looking at a book or a screen while in a car, the sensory mismatch can lead to a pretty unpleasant time.
Why it matters
As part of iOS 18 in 2024, Apple released a feature called Motion Cues that places a network of moving dots on the screen to alleviate motion sickness, and it seems to work surprisingly well.
Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.