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How to prevent motion sickness with Vehicle Motion Cues in iOS 18

This simple solution could make your car rides less painful.

How to prevent motion sickness with Vehicle Motion Cues in iOS 18

With iOS 18, Apple has released a few new accessibility features, including one for preventing motion sickness in a moving vehicle. People who suffer from motion sickness often find it too difficult to use their phones while traveling. But this accessibility feature will help make it easier to use your iPhones by reducing the effects of motion sickness.

Motion sickness is usually induced by a sensory conflict between what a person sees and what they feel which is why tasks like reading or using their phone become uncomfortable. But with Vehicle Motion cues, your iPhone or iPad will display animated

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How to set up rain alerts with the Weather app on iPhone

Avoid getting caught in the rain or severe weather unprepared with timely notifications.

How to set up rain alerts with the Weather app on iPhone

No one likes to get caught in the rain unprepared. And while we all have the Weather app on our iPhones, we aren't constantly opening it to monitor the weather. But the thing is, we don't have to. Apple's weather app can give notifications for severe weather and any precipitation in the next hour.

But the option is buried deep so it's not apparent right away, so it's not your fault that you haven't enabled them yet. You can enable rain and severe weather alerts for your current location as well as a specific location in the Weather app.

Enable

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How to pause activity streaks with iOS 18

Don't lose your streak when you're ill, on a vacation or just need to take a break.

How to pause activity streaks with iOS 18

Activity Streaks on iOS are a great motivator to keep going and close those rings. But they can sometimes also become a pressure point and you end up forcing yourself instead of giving yourself a break, which can be damaging. However, with iOS 18, you can pause the streaks for your activity rings without losing them.

You can pause your Activity rings in iOS 18 for a day, the rest of the week or the month, or choose a custom time. Pausing your rings will mute coaching and goal tracking and maintain your Move streak at the same time.

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How to plan hikes and create custom routes in Apple Maps with iOS 18

Apple Maps just made hiking (or at least, not getting lost while hiking) easier for everyone!

How to plan hikes and create custom routes in Apple Maps with iOS 18
Quick Info
  • With Apple Maps, you can now get topographic maps and trail networks for many hikes in the United States and Japan where you can get turn-by-turn voice guidance. Trails are also available for all 63 national parks in the U.S.
  • You can also create custom walking and hiking routes for places where no routes are available.
  • You can also save hikes and routes for offline access in the United States.
  1. Open Apple Maps on your iPhone running iOS 18.
  2. Tap on the search bar and search for the national park, trail
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How to record videos with background music on iPhone with iOS 18

Capturing videos on your iPhone even when you're the designated DJ for a road trip or a party won't be a nightmare anymore.

How to record videos with background music on iPhone with iOS 18
Quick Info
  • iOS 18 introduces the option to record videos with music still playing on your iPhone.
  • Up until now, any music playing on your device would stop right away as soon as you switched to video in the Camera app.
  • Previously, iPhone 11 and above users could capture videos with the quick capture feature but it didn't allow you to tweak any video settings.
  • Now, users can access all video controls and still have the music playing in the background on their iPhones.

With iOS 18, Apple has added the option to record videos with music still playing on

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How to use Distraction Control in Safari in iOS 18

Snap away those annoying ads and banners with distraction control in Safari in iOS 18.

How to use Distraction Control in Safari in iOS 18
Quick Info
  • Distraction Control is a new feature in Safari that lets you hide web elements.
  • You can temporarily hide any annoying elements from a page, like ads, floating banners, cookie pop-ups, video PiPs that follow you around as you scroll, etc.
  • Distraction Control can be accessed from the Site Controls menu which also allows you to enable Reader Mode.

While Apple headlined all the big features coming to iOS 18 this year, somehow they failed to mention this amazing new feature. Distraction Control in Safari, which has graced iOS 18, is a superb addition to the browser in a

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