# Can’t change the name from my Balena-Sound

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/can-t-change-the-name-from-my-balena-sound/94124>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** raspberrypi3, wifi\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/can-t-change-the-name-from-my-balena-sound/94124 "2020-04-15T13:14:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![leopard\_sai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8edcca/32.png) [@leopard\_sai](https://forums.balena.io/u/leopard_sai)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/can-t-change-the-name-from-my-balena-sound/94124/1 "2020-04-15T13:14:36Z")

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Hi,  
yesterday I installed balena-sound on my raspberry Pi 3. It works very well and I also love the cloud integration.  
The only problem is that the AirPlay name is a little bit strange. So I wanted to change it.  
I made a device environment variable called BLUETOOTH\_DEVICE\_NAME and it worked: The Bluetooth name is changed. But only the Bluetooth name. The AirPlay name is still the same, strange name.  
How can I change the AirPlay name?

And I have a second question: Is it possible to use AirPlay 2 instead of AirPlay 1?

Thank you very much  
Franz

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**Author:** ![JSReds](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jsreds/32/2929_2.png) [@JSReds](https://forums.balena.io/u/JSReds)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/can-t-change-the-name-from-my-balena-sound/94124/2 "2020-04-15T13:34:36Z")

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Hi there,  
device name can be changed with the `DEVICE_NAME` variable, you can have a look here: [https://github.com/balenalabs/balena-sound/#change-device-name](https://github.com/balenalabs/balena-sound/#change-device-name)  
With respect to Airplay 2, we are actually using `shairport-sync` for our AirPlay service. The team behind it is working actively on porting AirPlay 2 into their library, but has not been able to do so just yet. You can follow the porting progress here: [https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/issues/535](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/issues/535)

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**Author:** ![casehighway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@casehighway](https://forums.balena.io/u/casehighway)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/can-t-change-the-name-from-my-balena-sound/94124/4 "2024-03-18T14:45:28Z")

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Hi,  
Does this work for changing the hostname of the device?  
I’d like to see something other than multiple ‘balena’ devices on my network.  
Thanks.