Hi, are you saying that google assistant will never be fully integrated with tplink cams "due to the privacy and security" and this is intentional?

As i said above, with another camara i own, from another brand (ezviz) it does this without any trouble, can you explain how this is a security/privicy risk? the camera name and/or the enable/disable voice commands can be changed to something obscure to protect against intruders messing with them to avoide any security risks.

i have 4 cameras, and to enable notifications each night when i go to bed, or if i leave the house, i currently have to wake up phone, open app, scroll down to a camera, click settings, click notifications, click the notification toggle, hit back 3 times, then select the next camera and repeat this 4 times separately for 4 different cameras, and do the oppisite in the morning and when i return home to turn off notifications. A preceedure that is frustrating and not user friendly. When with my Ezviz camera i can just say a phrase like "hey google, enable/disable all camera notifications" or "hey google, turn on/off all cameras" and it does what i ask with no effort and not needing to open any apps and make multiple clicks.

With Tplink IFTTT integration we can already enable/disable the cameras with voice commands, but i still want my cameras running when i'm home, i don't want to fully turn them off, it's just the notifications i want to disable when i'm home. Also, im aware of the notification schedules in the kasa app, this wouldn't be suitable for me, as i go to bed and go out at random times so a schedule/timer wouldn't be any use.

If you could look into this a little deeper for me, and find out the real reason this isn't suported yet, seems a huge oversight for a "smart" camera to not work with google assisistant as other products do. I'd love for you to come back and tell me that tplink are working on this for the next software/firmware upgrade.

Many thanks, BustaUK

Kevin_Z wrote

@BustaUK 

"Meanwhile, due to the privacy and security, we cannot use the voice command to turn on/off the kasa camera"

 

 

 

However, as i pointed out, TPlink do already allow us to turn on/off the cameras by voice, but only by using a 3rd party, ie IFTTT, so it can't be a privicy issue can it?

I am asking when will the cameras get full native support for Google Home, so we can turn on/off cameras/notifications with voice/routines, the same as TPlink allow with their plugs/bulbs, as right now it is a pain to disable notifications separately for several cameras in the app?

(now, u may be thinking, why not just use IFTTT, well, IFTTT does not check to see if the camera exists, or confirm if it the request was successful or not. IFTTT just sends out a command and hopes the camera responds, if it doesn't respond u'll never know... whereas, Google Home sends a command and gives a confirmation, it will tell us if a command is successful or fails (if the camera is unavailable) and is easyier for the average user to use without having to mess with IFTTT.

So @tplink can u subbmit this to your tech department, or someone higher up, and find out if/when Google Home intergration is coming (other brands of cameras already have this) or atleast give an actual genuine reason why not (it's not privicy) so i can decide to either wait or return these cameras?

Regards, BustaUK

okey, thanks, appreciate your support, i hope to hear some positive news in the next couple of weeks as i have until the 13th sep before i would have to return the 4 cameras i have.

It's kinda missleading, as they are advertised to support Google Assistant (I would assume at minimum to enable/disable them, like other cameras/switches/bulbs), but only after buying them I realised Google Assistant does nothing natively except show the cameras on chromecast.

I have seen other posts regarding this same subject, but no outcome so far. If anyone else reading this can show some interest, as i feel the more people that get involved the more likely TPlink will take notice, and add this basic functionality.

Regards, Jeff c:

just a reminder, i have only a few more days left to return these cameras to amazon (by 13th sep) if TP link can not fullfil this request.

any update on when TP link cameras are going to fully support google home/assistant? as i said above, they are advertised to work with google stuff, but actually do very little (literally one thing with a chromecast), we need to atleast be able to enable/disable them and/or the alerts?

Regards, BustaUK :)