I concur! We were unable to use the feature out of the box due to this. In our case we had to create a custom field for a localized URL and the do magic in the display templates to use the custom field. Not ideal of course, but it worked in a pinch.
Hi @jconrad ! Thanks for submitting this idea. It is aligned to our current initiative for enhancing technical SEO and we are adding it to our roadmap, aiming at a 2027.H1 release.