Put your ginger candies away and buckle up as we dive into the details of Apple's intriguing new iOS 18 update: Vehicle Motion Cues. Designed to decimate that dastardly villain known as motion sickness, this hiccup is discerningly designed to deliver a hillock of moving dots on your device's screen. These dots, like some cryptic Morse code, mimic your vehicle's movements, making them tilt and somersault in sync with your meandering minibus or your cosseting car.

Sounds simple, right? But there's a whole orchestra of genius at play here. These sauntering spots infiltrate your brain, aligning your perceived motion with the actual Robo-Cop-style analysis of vehicle's movements from your device's sensors. It may or may not alleviate your car-induced nausea, but at the very least, it can turn staring at your screen into a significantly scintillating mini-acrobat show on the go!

Now, before we hail this as the messiah of motion sickness maladies, let's dish on the science disco dancing behind this feature. When you're galavanting through your latest road trip, your inner ear (your vestibular system, for all you anatomy buffs out there) knows you're grooving, but your bored-to-tears eyes are stuck on the Instagram feed. This disharmony between what you're seeing and feeling stirs up the whirlwind of woe in your tummy. Experts opine this confetti of dots might elucidate the enigmatic equation of motion sickness by making your senses sing the same tune.

For some lucky iOS users, this feature has been like a swift smartphone-embedded savior, letting them devour their eBooks without the nagging nausea. For others, though, it's as effective as a chocolate teapot.

For those less impressed or left iPhone-less, never fear - there are other weapons in your arsenal. Sit up front, keep your head steady, lock your stare at that distant tree, and wield the power of ginger to keep the nausea at bay. ULTIMATE PRO TIP: If motion makes you queasy, ditch the phone and actually engage with the world around you - Gasp! (we know it's radical). But hey, your stomach will thank you.