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DeviceDiscoveryUI notification for iPad says iPhone?

I have been polishing an app that connects and communicates between a tvOS app I created and a iPadOS app that I also created. Connection works fantastic! However, for some reason when the user selects the button to open the DevicePicker provided by this API and then selects a iPad device the notification that comes across the the iPad reads, "Connect your Apple TV to "AppName" on this iPhone.

Is this a bug or am I missing some configuration in maybe Info.plist or a modifier I need to add the DevicePicker for it to communicate the proper device identification? I have everything setup in both app Info.plist files to connect and work fine, but the notification saying iPhone on an iPad is sadly a small detail I would love to change. So...not sure if I found a bug or if I am missing something.

Here is that notification that comes to my iPad mini which is on iOS 18.2.1. Also the Apple TV is on 18.2

Is this a bug … ?

Yep. This UI is driven entirely by the system and there’s no way for you customise it.

I encourage you to file a bug about this. Please post your bug number, just for the record.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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DeviceDiscoveryUI notification for iPad says iPhone?
 
 
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