Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android
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Android is adding Motion Assist, a set of visual dots that help reduce motion sickness. The feature is being rolled out with Android 17 and will first appear on select Pixel devices.
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How it was reported
- The Verge·Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness
Google is adding Motion Assist to Android 17, a feature that uses the phone’s accelerometer and gyroscope to display moving dots that counteract the visual-vestibular mismatch causing motion sickness in vehicles. The system is being rolled out gradually, initially to Pixel devices, and works similarly to Apple’s 2024 Motion Cues.
- TechMeme·Google is rolling out Motion Assist, a feature to reduce motion sickness by showing visual cues on the screen, to Android 17, starting with select Pixel devices (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
Google is adding Motion Assist to Android 17, initially on select Pixel phones, to reduce motion sickness by displaying visual cues on the screen. Apple simultaneously announced a new Mac mini powered by the 2 nm M6 chip—featuring a 12-core CPU/GPU and up to 32 GB unified memory—and a Mac Studio with the 3 nm M5 Ultra, which uses a quad-die architecture, up to a 36-core CPU, an 80-core GPU, and 4.4 TB/s inter-die bandwidth.
- Ars Technica·Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android
Google’s “Motion Assist” feature, which displays a network of moving dots to reduce the sensory mismatch that causes motion sickness, is now being rolled out to Pixel devices running Android 17 via Play Services. The feature, first tested internally in 2024, follows Apple’s 2024 iOS 18 “Motion Cues” implementation and requires no separate app or update.