AirPlay Bridg - Two HomepodMini paired to Stereo pair?

Hi

I have now two HomePod Mini paired as a stereo pair, which works nicely for my TV (intermediate solution), but when I use the Airplay Bridge, they show up as two separate speaker.

Do I have to group them and set one to play right, the other left? This works, but can I, in this case, hide the individual players and see the group player?

Or am I missing something here, like grouping in the ?

Thanks,

Rainer