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These days some do. I have a Pixel 4a 5G. I bought it in Japan, but I don't believe it's a special Japan model in any way, and obviously doesn't have any specia
by marcan_42 5y ago
These days some do. I have a Pixel 4a 5G. I bought it in Japan, but I don't believe it's a special Japan model in any way, and obviously doesn't have any special firmware either since I installed vanilla LineageOS on it. Worldwide models intended to be sold in Japan are starting to have the feature.
As long as the hardware FeliCa secure element is there, all you have to do is install the relevant apps from the Play Store (the apps themselves might be region locked; I do have my Play Store account set to Japan)
- fomine3 5y agohttps://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en > Pixel 3 and later smartphones purchased in Japan have a FeliCa chip in the same place as the NFC chip. So it's special
- marcan_42 5y agohttps://atadistance.net/2020/09/15/pixel-4-felica-outside-of-japan-hide-in-plain-sight/ https://atadistance.net/2020/09/15/pixel-4-felica-outside-of... So it isn't; all phones have the hardware. However, it seems something blocks the FeliCa apps from running on non-Japanese phones. It could be just a region flag. (Don't trust customer support sites for technical information; the people writing those don't know how the real hardware works)