As I am a heavy iOS user and Channels (iOS) Beta is sooooo excellent, I treated myself to an iPad Pro 12.9. Wow, It's really fast and a pleasure to be able to finally see more detail and better text rendering.
Anyway, the very thin and lightweight Apple smart keyboard is limited to 5 rows and doesn't have the function and quick keys (skip back/ffd, pause, volume adjustment).
I tried connecting several old different bluetooth remotes without much luck, but was able to test one for those functions and it worked...problem is that it is in daily use with another client device.
So...off to Amazon. Found a B/T, key fob sized, clicker...ordered it and it worked, all except the pause/play (so far). But comskip and volume +/- do work within Channels (iOS).
What a great addition, much easier than having to reach out to the iPad and use the OSD buttons
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00V6OFVZI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1