

The OverDrive service Kobo brought into the Aura One is also here, enabling access to public libraries.
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The Kobo Store has 5 million ebooks to purchase and download directly from the Aura H2O, but the full breadth of content access goes much further. Dragging a finger still lets you highlight passages to make notes. Holding a finger down on a word still pops up a definition. Swiping or tapping the sides to flip pages is seamless. The display works in much the same way as the Aura One, at least as it pertains to touch and responsiveness. Simply swiping up and down adjusts screen brightness, but the hue itself requires going through the screen setting. This does work automatically, but is also manually customizable.
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It certainly doesn’t hurt that Kobo wisely chose to bring in its ComfortLight Pro technology, reducing blue-light exposure by adjusting the hue to more of a yellow-orange to go easier on the eyes at night or in the dark. The added pixel density in the Aura One makes more of a difference for images, illustrations and graphics. The difference is pretty negligible when it comes to text, unless you feel you have a really fine eye for that kind of detail. The 6.8-inch Carta E Ink display carries over the same 265dpi resolution as the previous Aura H2O, though is still less than the Aura One’s 300dpi. It can hold up to 6,000 with what it has, so chances are, your library won’t exceed that. It’s gone, so the 8GB of internal storage is the only option for storing ebooks. The one casualty in all this is the microSD slot. Interestingly, this is the same exact waterproofing standard Kobo had included in the Aura One, adding to the confluence between the two devices. That’s essentially double what the previous model could do (one metre for up to 30 minutes). Waterproofing gets a boost by going to IPX8 rating, meaning it can be submerged up to two metres underwater for up to one hour. The port is exposed this time, marking another difference from the previous model, which used a cover. The blue power button is in the usual spot up top, while the microUSB charging port is at the bottom. The back is also textured and rubberized to offer better grip, especially when wet. This new Aura H2O is noticeably shorter from top to bottom, and even a teeny bit slimmer on the sides.


It’s fairly obvious from the outset that Kobo modeled this H2O more after the recent Kobo Aura One than it did the H2O’s predecessor. This is the second edition of the Aura H2O, a device Kobo first introduced in 2015, only expands on that base by adding better waterproofing and other features seen in Kobo’s other eReaders. An eReader with a lighter build and better waterproofing makes this ready to go with you anywhere. Reading a book on a breezy afternoon at the pool, or after a long day while sitting in the tub are two scenarios the Kobo Aura H2O is made for.
