If you experience discomfort when you use iPad while riding as a passenger in a car or other on-road vehicle, you can turn on Vehicle Motion Cues—onscreen cues that may help reduce motion sickness. Vehicle Motion Cues appear as animated dots on the edges of the screen that represent how the vehicle is moving without interfering with what you’re doing on iPad.
You can customize the pattern, color, and visibility of the dots, like using larger dots or more dots.
Note: Vehicle Motion Cues should not be used while operating a moving vehicle and in other situations requiring attention to safety. For important information about avoiding distractions that could lead to dangerous situations, see Important safety information for iPad. Vehicle Motion Cues work best when you’re seated facing forward in the vehicle.
Use iPad more comfortably while riding in a vehicle
- Open the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Accessibility, then tap Motion.
- Tap Vehicle Motion Cues and then turn on Vehicle Motion Cues.
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To show or hide Vehicle Motion Cues, open Control Center and tap the Vehicle Motion Cues button.
Tip: You can also set up a shortcut to turn Vehicle Motion Cues on or off. See Quickly turn accessibility features on or off.
Customize Vehicle Motion Cues
- Open the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Accessibility, then tap Motion.
- Tap Vehicle Motion Cues and tap Customize Appearance.
- Customize any of the following:
- Pattern: Select Regular for a stable and predictable pattern, or Dynamic for a more engaging visual experience.
- Color: Select a color. Color saturation will automatically adjust to maintain contrast with the content behind each dot.
- Visibility: Select Larger Dots to increase the size of the dots or More Dots to increase the number of dots.
See also
- Change display colors on iPad to make it easier to see what’s onscreen
- Make text easier to read on iPad
- Customize onscreen motion on iPad
- Accessibility features for vision on iPad
