Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness

Motion Assist arsenic recovered successful Android 17’s settings. | Image: Android Authority (cropped by The Verge)

Google is rolling retired a caller Android diagnostic that's been proven to reduce, oregon adjacent eliminate, question sickness erstwhile utilizing a telephone wrong a moving vehicle. Dubbed Motion Assist by Google, it's precise akin to Apple's Motion Cues, archetypal introduced successful 2024. The Android 17 diagnostic appears to beryllium rolling retired successful phases, with immoderate Pixel phones getting it first, according to Android Authority.

The subject down these magic dots is sound, and addresses the question sickness felt erstwhile staring astatine a static show portion the interior receptor feels the car turning, braking, and accelerating. Motion Assist taps into your device's accelerometer and gyroscope to plac …

Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.