How to Set Up Pocket with Flipboard

If you use Flipboard to keep up with your favorite topics, blogs, websites, and others, you may find Pocket to be quite useful. With Pocket, you can save great articles you find on Flipboard for reading later or future use. You need to...

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Selecting Pocket as a Read Later Service

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    Launch Flipboard. Locate the app on your mobile device. It has the red app icon with the letter 'F' on it. Tap on it.
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    Sign in. Tap the 'Sign In' link on the top right corner of the welcome screen to access the login screen, and then enter your username and password for your Flipboard account. You can also tap on any of the buttons for Twitter, Google+, and Facebook to sign in with your social network account. If you're already logged in, you can skip this step.
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    Flip through pages. The pages you've saved and are following on Flipboard will be displayed. Flip through them if you want.
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    Go to Settings. At the lower right corner of every screen, there's a gear button. Tap on it. The Settings window will appear.
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    Select 'Read Later.' Swipe down on the menu until you see the 'Read Later' option. Tap on it. The list of Read Later Services available on Flipboard will be displayed. You may see Reading List, Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability.
  6. Select Pocket. Tap on Pocket from the options. The Pocket app will immediately load, putting Flipboard in the background.
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Connecting with Flipboard

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    Log into Pocket. Enter your Pocket username and password when prompted then tap the 'Log In' button. If you're already logged in, you won't be prompted anymore.
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    Read the connection details. An information screen will load with Pocket. It details what Flipboard and Pocket can do with your information.
  3. Authorize connection with Flipboard. Tap the 'Authorize' button on the bottom of the screen. Flipboard and Pocket will connect, and both your accounts will be linked. You will be brought back to Flipboard, and Pocket will now be selected as your Read Later Service. You can now save articles from Flipboard directly to Pocket for reading later or for future reference.
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Update 05 March 2020
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