How to get state value translated based on device class in templates?

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Hi everyone, I’m relatively new to Home Assistant and struggling to get the “friendly” state values that seem to be based on the device class of the sensor. For example, I created a sensor to show the internet status like this:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: ping
    name: Internet #(or whatever you want to name it)
    host: 8.8.8.8
    scan_interval: 60

I want to display the state using a template but this code returns, for example “on” instead of “Connected” which you would see if you went to the Info tab of the entity.

 {{ states("binary_sensor.internet") }}

Is there a way to retrieve the more “friendly” version of the state values using templates?

Thanks!

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@z06Drew

  1. Please use a proper formatting for a code - triple “`”, without “>” prefixes.

  2. As for “Connected”:

Assume that you have already defined an appropriate “device_class” for this sensor (here - “connectivity”).
Cards like “history-graph”, “entities” (as well as more-info popup) show a translated “nice” labels like “Connected / Disconnected”.
But in templates you will still get “on/off”:

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But if you need to get these “Connected / Disconnected” labels - currently you will have to use this extension:
Github repo
Community thread

which gives you this:

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Hope one day this functionality will become a part of HA core (check here).

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@Ildar_Gabdullin , this worked great! Thank you very much for the guidance.

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# Translated
{{ state_translated("binary_sensor.movement_backyard") }}  # Shows: Detected
{{ state_translated("sun.sun") }}  # Shows: Below horizon
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