WTH, device alias in device settings

Month of "What the heck?!"
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I propose creating aliases at the device level, accessed through device settings. At the very least, entity aliases should be exposed through device settings.

When editing an area (Settings > Area > [My Area] > Edit icon) you can set Aliases.

Aliases are not exposed similarly for devices. You should be able to set aliases through settings (Settings > Devices and Services > Devices > [My Device] > Edit icon).

You instead need to go through voice assistant, where you can set aliases by entity, not device.

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I think voice operates on entities, not devices. So I do not think device names are used for voice? It would create confusion what entities of the device need operating I think? And if so, aliasses would not work.

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