Things go slow, then quickly. JR East rolled out the first part of their Suica 2.0 central server / New MARS account based ticketing in the Tohoku region in May […]
Mobile Transit
More non-JRE commuter passes coming to Mobile Suica in 2027
One of the interesting differences between JR East Mobile Suica and JR West Mobile ICOCA is the latter aggressively adding 3rd party commuter passes with robust online application support. JR […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Full Mobile Suica support finally comes to Pixel and Galaxy Wear OS devices
JR East announced full Mobile Suica support is coming to Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel WearOS Watches from mid-August 2026. Full Mobile Suica support has been available on Apple Watch […]
Mobile Transit
New MARS with JRE GO
JR East catches a lot of criticism, some rightly so, for having outdated, old fashioned apps and web services with crusty, confusing UI. As for me, I’d rather have something […]
Mobile Transit
JR East local transit migration to paper QR tickets for spring 2027
JR East finally made a long anticipated announcement: the end of local transit mag-strip paper tickets. The PR release tucks the transition to paper QR tickets info at the very […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
UWB Mobile Suica isn’t just walk-through gates, it’s payments too
JR East and Sony held an open demonstration of next generation Suica showing Mobile Suica Ultra-wideband (UWB) use in walk-through gates (JR East) and UWB touchless payments (Sony), taking place […]