# balena-sound - Change name on the Spotify connect service

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232>\
**Category:** Project help\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232 "2020-06-03T15:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Noiden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Noiden](https://forums.balena.io/u/Noiden)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232/1 "2020-06-03T15:47:00Z")

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How do I change the name of the Spotify Connect serivce?

I have added the “device environment variable” BLUETOOTH\_DEVICE\_NAME and the bluetooth name is fine, but the Spotify Connect service is not what I want.

I see the command in the “Spotify” container,

`/usr/bin/librespot --name balenaSound Spotify xxxx --backend pipe`

I would like that --name variable to be “Balcony” and nothing more.

Is there a variable I can change on that service from balena cloud?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Noiden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Noiden](https://forums.balena.io/u/Noiden)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232/2 "2020-06-03T15:54:49Z")

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I found it… Added the variable “DEVICE\_NAME” under “Device Variables” in balena cloud.

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**Author:** ![jtonello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jtonello/32/3246_2.png) [@jtonello](https://forums.balena.io/u/jtonello)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232/3 "2020-06-03T16:08:04Z")

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Great job! Thanks for letting us know.

John

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**Author:** ![soundboi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@soundboi](https://forums.balena.io/u/soundboi)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232/5 "2020-11-17T23:32:06Z")

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Hi there - this fix worked for me a while back, however, I have just set up a new application with some new Pi 4 devices and I’m doing the exact same thing as I did before… using “DEVICE\_NAME” under “Device Variables” to name the Spotify connect device, but even after restarting the devices multiple times I still only see the long default string in my connect … has something changed with new versions where this fix no longer works?  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/b/b8d64ca4e7cc485342c3362e5420645aa7cdbf77.png)

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**Author:** ![soundboi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@soundboi](https://forums.balena.io/u/soundboi)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232/6 "2020-11-17T23:59:08Z")

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Whoops… I totally missed this when I breezed through your recently updated docs… just found my answer. Here for anyone else that needs it - the new variable is: SOUND\_DEVICE\_NAME

[https://sound.balenalabs.io/docs/customization#multi-room](https://sound.balenalabs.io/docs/customization#multi-room)

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**Author:** ![20k-ultra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/20k-ultra/32/3435_2.png) [@20k-ultra](https://forums.balena.io/u/20k-ultra)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-sound-change-name-on-the-spotify-connect-service/125232/8 "2020-11-18T00:06:47Z")

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Hey, thanks for sharing that info @soundboi. It will keep this thread much more useful for others that stumble upon it.