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Is the Tapo Smart Camera a Good Choice for Everyday Home Monitoring?

I’m thinking about setting up a simple home monitoring system and came across the Tapo smart cameras on tp-link.com. The features like live view, motion detection, and mobile alerts seem practical for

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By Shummi · Latest post 5 hours ago by Wayne-TP

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Home and Away

Hi guys! I must be missing something.... I have two of the above cameras on my summer cottage....I have them connected to my router via network cable....we have no cable connection - but the modem I h

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By bookie56 · Latest post a week ago by Solla-topee

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Camera recording and sending notifications even though in privacy mode

Even though privacy mode has been activated on the TAPO app, both C420 cameras keep detecting, recording and sending notifications. This abnormal behaviour started few days ago It never happened befor

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By ValerioBonini · Latest post 2 weeks ago by DJKarlos

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Geofencing is unreliable works intemittently

Ive bought 3 tapo cameras and have geofencing setup to take them off privacy mode when i leave an area around my house and to reactivate when i enter that area. I have the automation setup correctly a

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By chezouff · Latest post 2026-01-13 16:37:38 by chezouff

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Tapo C230 - after firmware update to 1.4.2 numerous problems

A lot has been going wrong since update 1.4.2. I have two C230s (cameras) and an H200 (hub). After updating both C230s, I noticed that the Geofencing feature was no longer working. So I restarted all

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By NickWy · Latest post 2025-12-29 06:03:29 by Solla-topee

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How to toggle on/off C325WB notifications in shortcuts or automations

Hello all, I've just started installing tapo cameras and am really surprised to discover that it's not possible to toggle notifications on/off via shortcuts or in automations. I want to leave the priv

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By DCA31820 · Latest post 2025-12-09 06:58:46 by Solla-topee

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Tapo C220 "recording schedule" item is missing inside the APP

i've bought 4/four camera TAPO C220 four days ago and, yesterday, I've subscribed TAPO Care Premium for 1/one year. using the "Updated" App TAPO (Version 3.14.520) on XIAOMI mobile phone, the item "re

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By GaePec · Latest post 2025-11-26 06:27:39 by Solla-topee

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Geofencing working only for a few days

Hi all, I have a Tapo C210 camera and a Google Pixel 7 phone updated to the latest Android version 15. The Tapo app has all the necessary permissions regarding location. I have geofencing enabled in t

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By gromeo78 · Latest post 2025-11-17 02:49:22 by Solla-topee

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Sharing administrative rights with other users

Hello, When you share access to a surveillance camera to a secondary user, that user can only see the images, and talk. I think it is quite important that you implement user profiles, like "admin" and

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By Jotenko · Latest post 2025-09-08 08:36:29 by Solla-topee

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Watching on PC

Can someone advise if I can watch 4 cameras similtanously on a PC using VLC mediaplayer? I can do it on my mobile app but not sure how to do this on VLC mediaplayer. Any tips or advice would be great

ONVIF/RTSPRecordingLive ViewHome/Away Mode

By Izzy01 · Latest post 2025-08-27 06:43:22 by Solla-topee

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Home and Away mode Automation

Is there a way to set an automation on our Tapo cameras to switch between home and away mode with the touch of a tapo smart button? I would like to position the smart button in the hallway, so when we

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By Paul-177 · Latest post 2025-07-28 10:26:36 by Solla-topee

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Turn off notifications when at home

Please someone help me before I throw my cameras across the room. I'm sure it can't be that hard. How can I stop the two cameras I have, which are the Tapo C125 and the C120 from sending me notificati

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By Rosiei · Latest post 2025-07-21 12:16:17 by Solla-topee

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