Allow Users to Assign Unique Names to Lamp Socket v2 and Accessory Bulb

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These devices currently lack this feature, but it has the potential to be useful for each product for different reasons:

  1. Lamp Socket v2 should have Actions exposed for user-created Automations, and doing so in a way that’s truly useful would require the ability for users to assign a name to each device.
  2. As a device with its own independent Wi-Fi connection, Lamp Socket v2 simply should have the same type of device naming ability as other Wyze Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Even non-Wi-Fi devices, like Headphones, allow this!
  3. Although I can visually identify a specific Lamp Socket v2 device by tapping its Test button within the app and watching for the socket’s attached light bulb to turn on, being able to assign a unique name to each device would add greater context and improve usability and troubleshooting.
  4. Similarly, I can make an Accessory Bulb blink with its Show button in the app, but each bulb currently displays to the user with only a MAC address fragment or “bulb:#” for the “name”. This is not user friendly (especially not when troubleshooting connectivity issues), and being able to assign a unique name (like a location) for each Accessory Bulb would be a hugely helpful improvement.
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I thought of another way Lamp Socket v2 would significantly benefit from this feature: As an independent Wi-Fi device[1], this would have the potential to be controlled by third-party platforms, like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, possibly Home Assistant and others. That could make it possible for a Google Home user to set the socket’s “Device type” as something like “Light”, “Outlet”, or “Switch” (looking at existing possibilities for a smart plug here) and essentially control it within that environment in the same way as a plug/switch.

That’s going a bit beyond the unique name request, but if a device like Lamp Socket v2 can show up with its own name in the Wyze app for Automations, then it doesn’t seem like much of a leap to give this device the same third-party integration support as Wyze Plug in other ecosystems.

  1. Yes, it’s required to be added in the app as a Cam accessory, but once it’s connected it uses its own Wi-Fi connection and not a cable or Bluetooth for communication. ↩︎