Friendly Names in iOS Notifications

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Hi guys

I’m having some trouble getting my automation to dynamically return the name of the triggering entity for iOS notifications. I’ve tried “trigger.name” and “trigger.entity_id.attributes.friendly_name” but when I use anything other than what’s below, it seems to break the notification completely (it doesn’t send a notification to my iOS device)

Below is my automation yaml. Any help appreciated!

- id: '1601883264322'
  alias: Camera Motion Notification
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
    entity_id: binary_sensor.camera_1_motion
  - platform: state
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
    entity_id: binary_sensor.camera_2_motion
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: person.jake
    state: not_home
  action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_jacobs_iphone
    data:
      title: Motion Detected
      message: '{{ trigger.entity_id }} Detected'
  mode: single
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I think what you’re looking for is trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name. Here’s one of mine for example -

  action:
    service: notify.mobile_app_mikes_iphone
    data:
      title: "Window Open"
      message: "The {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} is open."
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Hm, I tried that and had the same result as the others… it broke the notification

Edit: I must have had a typo before because it works this second try. Thanks @_Mike

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