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Spotify Connect won't show given names of Amazon Fire TV Sticks

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Spotify Connect won't show given names of Amazon Fire TV Sticks

Hello there!
I have a bit of a luxury problem. I first gotta say I got a great amount of devices to stream Connect to and I assigned them clear names wherever possible. And they all show up, except for my two Amazon Fire TV sticks. The only show up as "Amazon Fire TV" instead of the names I assigned to them. And it's not a general problem, even Youtube (before Google blocked their app to Amazon products) showed their assigned names. Now imagine you've got a multi-person household with mutliple TVs and each having its own stick. You can easily mix up the several sticks and accidentally stream your music to an alien device and said person thinks you're gaslighting him/her.

 

What am I supposed to do that Connect calls them "Down Under" and "Up Over" as I got those babies named after all?

 

FYI, my other Connect-proof devices besides my two Fire TV sticks are: 2x Chromecast for HDMI, 4x Chromecast Audio, 1x Google Home, a PS3, a PS4, an Onkyo AVR, a smartphone, a desktop PC and a laptop. I only got me Fire TV sticks for two small TVs in two small rooms where a classical remote is more handy than a phone in charging.

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I am seeing this problem with many of my Alexa devices.  Some have the right name (the name I've given them) - others have some old name (maybe the device was refurbed) - and others have Amazon factory names.

 

When I ask the device - they all say they have the right device name.

 

When I go to Alexa site - all the right names.

 

Only **bleep** up on Spotify Connect.

 

JAF

 

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