Android App Bluetooth page turning on Kobo: which models work natively (2024+ firmware)

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The older threads on this topic are locked now, and the answers in them predate a significant change: recent Kobo firmware (roughly 2024 onward) added native HID arrow-key support. So Bluetooth page turning now works at the firmware level — no KOReader, no hacks — on:

- Clara 2E, Clara BW, Clara Colour
- Libra 2, Libra Colour
- Sage, Elipsa 2E

Standard BT keyboards, clicker remotes, and phone-based remotes all work. Models without a Bluetooth radio obviously can't.

Two things that still trip people up:
- The reader drops BT input when the screen sleeps — tap to wake and it reconnects. This is often mistaken for the remote being broken.
- Some remotes send media keys instead of arrow keys; Kobo ignores those, so check what your remote actually sends.

Disclosure: I'm the developer of Bookmote, a free Android app that turns your phone into a BT page-turn remote, which is why I've been collecting model-by-model reports. The full compatibility list is public here: https://jeon-gyungmin.github.io/Bookmote-releases/ —
community-reported, corrections welcome. If you've tested a model that isn't listed, I'd genuinely appreciate hearing the result, here or there.

Happy to answer questions about specific models.