Originally posted by shill
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My problem:
I built my son a loft in his bedroom (like a loft bed, but wall-to-wall with a reading area, built-ins, etc.), and installed some track lighting (his choice) underneath. These are controlled by HS, and are called "Lighting" "Andy's Room" "Loft Lights".
We also have an open game room upstairs we refer to as the loft. It has lights as well, which are "Lighting" "Loft" "Lights".
When I enable voice on both of these devices, I get duplicate entries in Alexa called "Loft Lights" (because the "Lighting" "Media Room" "Lights" device is also voice controlled, it can't just use "lights", which was the silly thing that got me involved in this crusade in the first place).
PLEASE reconsider letting us specify (via settings) how we want you to build our device names (default behavior = the minimal logic you have now, the new options are checkboxes for "always include location 1", "always include location 2"). This would have no effect on people who like it the way it is and wouldn't cause any regression issues, but would give the rest of us a little control so we can reliably remember/predict the format for devices. (Having to remember to sometimes add the room and sometimes not is maddening.)
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