Move entity "Last updated" to the attributes section? #13687
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Following up from home-assistant/home-assistant.io#23900
As a user who doesn't have knowledge of the internals of Home Assistant, I think the most common interpretation would be:
In practice, "Last updated" represents a timestamp when the state value didn't change, but entity attributes did (it's also updated when the value changes). However, many entities don't define any attributes but still show the last updated timestamp in the UI.
Even if they do define attributes, the information hierarchy seems off. If the last updated timestamp is related to attributes, it should be shown inside the attribute section. This is especially confusing for sensors showing history graphs with the extra height between the date and the attributes section:
Could we move the last updated date into the attributes section? Then it's hidden if an entity has no attributes, and it's clear what drives it updating.
This was originally added to the tooltip in #6926
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