Thread: Overdrive supported on older devices (sort of)
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Old 10-03-2018, 10:47 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by rosalita View Post
This is probably (almost certainly) a dumb question, but is there any way to sync one's Kobo library to Overdrive without having one of the newer readers on which it is enabled? I just have a Glo HD and would love to have my Overdrive books sync to it even if I couldn't use it to browse for library books and check them out.

I saw some older threads (from 2016) that seemed to think adding the capability to older Kobo models was just a matter of time, but I don't think it's happened yet? Or is this another one of those features like "Never Turn Off" that I've completely missed?
The 4.10.x firmware has added full OD support to the recent devices. That's everything released since the Aura ONE. Unfortunately, it doesn't include the Glo HD.

If you can borrow one of the devices with full support, you can sign into your Kobo account on it, setup the OD and library account. This will link the library to your Kobo account. Then signout of the account on the device. After that, books borrowed using OD from the library should sync to any device signed in on that Kobo account. Of course, the problem with this is finding someone willing to let you play with their ereader.
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