Pixel 4 Motion Sense will work in these 38 countries[Update: More Places added].

Update, September 30, 2019 ( 23:15 IST ): Back in the days, we mentioned that the Pixel 4 Motion Sense will work in 38 Countries. However, with new evidence from XDA, there are more countries in Google’s Database, which can use Motion Sense. The List is as follows:

Australia
French Guinea
French Indian Ocean Territories
French Polynesia
Guadeloupe
Korea
Martinique
New Caledonia
Northern Mariana Islands
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United Arab Emirates
Wallis and Futuna

Original Post: If you own a Pixel 4, but you aren’t a citizen of the below mentioned 38 countries, you will not be able to Motion Sense. The Motion Sense is the latest feature on Pixel 4, which requires special permission from the Government of a country.

This technology under the Project Soli uses radar technology to detect the hand gestures of the user. And where radar is, it requires government permission for operation. However, only 38 of the 192 countries has allowed Google to activate this feature in their country.

Countries which can use Pixel 4’s Motion Sense

The list of the 38 countries are as follows:

American Samoa
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guam
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.

However, there is a special exclusion of a country: Japan. I don’t really understand, why. Maybe there is some reason for the government, I don’t know. But this is what it is.

You have only 38 countries to use the Radar Technology on your smartphone, and rest of the market, even if having feature are not going to be used at all.

Although, in the coming days, it may get activated, as of now, it isn’t going to be.

Given the source, it’s Best Buy, as they have mentioned about the countries which are going to get this feature. However, some of the top countries, which uses Google products extensively, for eg, India, Australia, New Zealand, aren’t getting this feature as well. Maybe, as of now, but in the coming days, they might get the feature in a software update. Who knows?

Source: 9to5Google