[1]Google Pay bellyflops in Japan:

    That didn't take long. No sooner had Google Pay landed in Japan when
    Android users without JP carrier locked Osaifu-Keitai phones noticed
    they weren't invited to the FeliCa party and lost their shit. Then
    local Japanese tech journalists filed reviews and they were not
    kind: "zannen" which means "too bad" as in "too bad Google Pay is a
    weak imitation of a real FeliCa Osaifu-Keitai that any user could
    add and use on any Android phone." Too bad it's not a Global FeliCa
    iPhone.

    I called it a few weeks ago:

    If and when Google Pay Suica arrives it will likely be on
    Osaifu-Keitai /Mobile FeliCa enabled locked Android devices from
    Japanese carriers. Global FeliCa iPhone-like out-of-the-box Mobile
    Suica on 'global FeliCa' Android devices from anywhere looks to be a
    long way off.

    FeliCa Dude called it earlier: "Android Pay is smoke and mirrors"

    Google Pay Japan is smoke and mirrors.

  (Via atadistance.com)

  Not that my US-purchased Google Nexus 6P would have been included in
  this due to age if not build, but I would have liked a truly viable
  option to the Apple Pay & Suica combo. I'm not looking to switch but
  competition could be good for innovation.
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  My original entry is here: [2]Google Pay Japan is smoke and mirrors. It
  posted Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:40:30 +0000.
  Filed under: Japan, tech,

References

  1. https://atadistance.net/2018/05/28/google-pay-bellyflops-in-japan/
  2. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=1181

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