DEdelfinom·May 17, 2025
If you want to root your Pixel to enable it:
https://github.com/kormax/osaifu-keitai-google-pixel
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Enabling Osaifu-Keitai function on non-Japanese Google Pixel phones.
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What it is
Enabling Osaifu-Keitai function on non-Japanese Google Pixel phones.
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What Hacker News says
3 sourcesAFAI, many Android phones have Osaifu-Kaitai support outside of the US just sitting there. I think if there is a key generation fee, it's at setup time of a wallet and not just physical phone's existence.
I rooted my US model Pixel 9 Pro on my Japan trip last year to enable it. :D Literally a boolean in a config file.
https://github.com/kormax/osaifu-keitai-google-pixel
(The author's write up has more theories on why Google blocks it on non-Japan SKUs)
In Japan's IC cards are weird and wonderfulThe Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 apparently does have the hardware/software needed for Suica, even on non-Japanese editions of the phone.
However, it's blocked by Google in software depending on the device SKU (maybe because Google doesn't want to pay licensing costs?). If you have a rooted Android phone, you could bypass this check, see https://github.com/kormax/osaifu-keitai-google-pixel.
Hopefully it means that a future version of the Pixel will officially support it world-wide, but who knows. Japan has one of the highest rates of iPhone usage in the world, so there's not much incentive to support Android users.
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