Is it possible to print the relevant friendly entity/device name in a notification?

@NMe84 wrote:

I’ve recently added some smoke detectors to my setup and I would like to be notified when their batteries are about to run out. I’ve set up a single automation with these rules:

- id: '1581432210567'
  alias: Smoke detector battery level notification
  description: Notify me when a smoke detector needs a battery change.
  trigger:
  - below: 10
    device_id: <irrelevant>
    domain: sensor
    entity_id: sensor.smoke_detector_hallway_battery
    platform: device
    type: battery_level
  - below: 10
    device_id: <irrelevant>
    domain: sensor
    entity_id: sensor.smoke_detector_hobby_room_battery
    platform: device
    type: battery_level
  condition: []
  action:
  - data_template:
      message: Replace batteries for {{ trigger.entity_id }}.
      title: Smoke detector battery level below {{ trigger.below }}%
    service: notify.notify

As you can see I have two different triggers, one for each smoke detector. I want to be notified if either one of them triggers but I want to include the name of the entity that triggered the notification as well. The setup above works, but it shows the ID rather than its corresponding human-friendly alias. Is there any way for me to show the friendlier text? I read the documentation of course, which seems to imply that it’s impossible but I wanted to make sure.

Also, is there a way to make this automation trigger on all battery_level events or do I have to manually add every new device I get that reports a battery status?

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