Related:<p>- yesterday, 110 comments - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49077999">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49077999</a><p>- 43 days ago, 272 comments - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557530">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557530</a>
Learned about this last month from HN [0].<p>Subsequently took a 10 hour car trip where my wife and daughter both reported this feature allowed them both to read their books and articles while I was driving, which was definitely not the case on any prior road trip. So, add +2 to whatever Ns you're tracking.<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557530">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557530</a>
I m on Iphone 13, and disabling animations really gave a second life to my iphone which was really struggling
Any ideas why I cannot find the settings on my wife's iPhone 12 mini? She has iOS 26. I wanted her to try it last week when we drove a lot to our vacation but did not find it anywhere in the Accessibility -> Motion settings.
This has been available on Android for years as various apps, but their limitation is that certain buttons become unavailable. Apparently, Android blocks certain "secure" buttons from being pressed when there is another app overlaying the screen.<p>Does anyone know if Apple's version has a similar limitation? I would presume not since it seems to be implemented at the OS level or at least closer to it.
That limitation can be bypassed through the Accessibility API on Android. KineStop supports this, but for some reason does not advertise it particularly widely. You want KineStop → Settings → Fix blocked buttons.
Your suspicion is correct, it does not.
This works really well for me but, when I get out of the car or off the subway, then I get a bit of vertigo. I’m really afraid that using the feature too much would make the vertigo worse so I stopped.
I have been using the feature for ages, and it really does work, but it is by no means 'hidden'. It's just an iOS feature.
>but it is by no means 'hidden'<p>To the average user, any feature that is not enabled by default is effectively hidden. Most people do not dig deeply into the settings of their tech devices beyond aesthetic customization.<p>This is why defaults matter, a lot. Settings are for power users, defaults are for everyone else.
I've been using this for a while now. It works very well while being a passenger in a car. Highly recommend enabling it if you experience car sickness.
It didn’t work for my wife, so good to see she is the exception rather than the rule
Did I miss the part where you must be looking at your iPhone for it to work?
The first time I saw this I just took it as a given it would be a placebo, and I was rather astonished to find it actually helps quite a bit, my phone-induced motion sickness is reduced significantly with it on. If you're suspicious I'd encourage you to give it a try.