# Ability to set "device type" on a per-switch basis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ability-to-set-device-type-on-a-per-switch-basis/23137 "2023-10-19T13:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thomas5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@thomas5](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/thomas5)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ability-to-set-device-type-on-a-per-switch-basis/23137/1 "2023-10-19T13:25:00Z")
It would be handy to be able to select per switch - what you would like a device to come up as… eg - I could have a 3 or 4 gang switch… one device could be a light… one could be a extractor fan… one could connect to a relay and control a door open / closed… If these values reported back correctly to things like google home etc - it would make the expereince way way more pleasurable… Another use case - in my lounge I have an ifan4 - it sees the light, as an actual light… I also have a sonoff T0 - controlling some lights - these do not register in google home as lights… this would surely be a trivial selection option in the device settings if coded to expose this option? ---
**Author:** ![StephenJ](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/stephenj/32/3311_2.png) [@StephenJ](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/StephenJ)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ability-to-set-device-type-on-a-per-switch-basis/23137/2 "2023-10-20T09:20:15Z")
Hi there, some of our devices already support the “Display As” function, and we are actively adding more options for users to choose from. You can access these options under “Device Settings \> Display As.” ---
**Author:** ![thomas5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@thomas5](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/thomas5)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ability-to-set-device-type-on-a-per-switch-basis/23137/3 "2023-10-20T09:32:22Z")
aaaah - this is so epic - it must have crept in with one of the recent software updates… I see you can seperate a switch to multiple tiles now… that solves quite a few of my previous frustrations. it might be handy if there was a changelog, or list of new features easily accessible (maybe there is - but I have not stumbled across it yet) high-5 to everyone that got that dev work done - what a huge improvement!