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Google's Play Services v26.37 update, released September 21, extends the Motion Assist feature beyond Pixel devices to any Android phone running Android 17 or later. The tool displays small visual bubbles along screen edges that move in sync with a vehicle's motion, using the phone's sensors to help reduce motion sickness. Users can customize the bubbles' appearance and choose automatic or manual activation.
Google unveiled five new Android updates in a Tuesday blog post, including 'Motion Assist,' which displays a moving screen bubble to ease motion sickness in vehicles, and 'Guided Vision,' which uses the camera and Gemini AI to help blind and low-vision users read labels, menus, or identify objects. Additional updates let Gemini help users track misplaced items and add new personalization options to Google Messages.
Google is rolling out a September update to Android that lets users ask Gemini to remember where they placed physical items, even without a Bluetooth tag, storing the location and an optional photo in Find Hub. The update also includes Motion Assist for reducing car sickness on Android 17, a Guided Vision accessibility tool that narrates surroundings via camera, and Keep integration inside Google Messages for shared, editable notes.
Google is quietly rolling out Motion Assist, a feature that overlays moving dots on the screen edges to counter motion sickness while using a phone in a vehicle. The dots shift direction based on data from the accelerometer and gyroscope, mimicking how the outside world would appear to move if you looked up. It's appearing on Pixel devices running Android 17 through a staged Play Services rollout, with no separate app or update required.
Google is gradually enabling a new Motion Assist feature on Android phones, starting with some Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 devices, ahead of the official September Pixel Drop. The feature displays moving shapes on screen that shift in sync with a vehicle's movement, using the phone's accelerometer and gyroscope, mirroring a similar tool Apple already offers on iPhone. Users can check for it under Settings > profile picture > All services > Personal & device safety.
Google has started rolling out Motion Assist, a new Android 17 feature that displays motion cues on screen to help reduce motion sickness while using a phone in a moving vehicle. The feature, previously tested internally as Motion Cues, is appearing gradually on Pixel devices, with some units already showing it while others on the same Android version do not yet have it.
Google is rolling out a new Android feature called Motion Assist that displays moving dots around a phone's screen edges to counter motion sickness while riding in a vehicle. The feature, similar to Apple's Motion Cues introduced in 2024, uses the accelerometer and gyroscope to sync the dots' movement with the car's turns, braking, and acceleration. It's arriving in phases starting with some Pixel devices, and can be found under Settings, Your Profile, and All Services.