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Why does the Home App remove the first part of the accessory name?

Why does the Home App remove the first part of the accessory name?

e.g. "Kitchen Lights" is now "Lights"

Is there any way to stop this?




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iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 12:35 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2020 2:49 PM

Hello,


If a device’s name starts with the room that it currently is residing in then Home will ignore the primary word and display the secondary word.

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Why does the Home App remove the first part of the accessory name?

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