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Apple deployed it on the iPhone a couple of years ago, and now Google&#8217;s own version is finally coming (slowly) to Android.<\/p>\n<p>Motion sickness is caused by a disagreement between what your inner ear senses and what your eyes see. If you&#8217;re looking at a book or a screen while in a car, the sensory mismatch can lead to a pretty unpleasant time. As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2024\/06\/ios-18-is-all-about-customization-but-also-improves-android-users-sms-life\/\">iOS 18<\/a> 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. Google&#8217;s version is similar, but it&#8217;s called Motion Assist.<\/p>\n<p>Google began testing Motion Assist back in 2024, but it never expanded beyond an internal test until now. 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