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Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)

 
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Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)

Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-26 12:36:31 - last edited 2025-03-27 06:06:16
Model: Tapo C410 KIT  
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Hello,

When I want to change the Away or Home mode, I have to run the Tapo app, then go to Cameras, then switch the mode, it's bit time consuming. A simple button on the home screen would be really better.

So basicly, I would like to make it possible from a widget that I can put in my Android home screen.

There is not widget or shortcut that make that possible. Only shortcut available is the Privacy mode.

I searched online and lot of people would like this feature aswell.

 

Thanks by advance !

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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-26 13:48:48 - last edited 2025-03-26 13:53:09

You can include all cameras in the network with one click.

 

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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-26 14:02:20
I have only one camera, but that's not my question. I would like a Android widget that let me toggle Home or Away mode with one click. In the shortcuts availables for my C410, there is only "Privacy" mode. If I want to switch Home or Away mode, I have to run Tapo app, then toggle the Home or Away mode, I want to do it with one click from my Android home screen.
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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-26 22:47:25 - last edited 2025-03-26 22:48:36

  @TapoC410solar 

 

I actually have a widget shortcut for Leave Home like a shortcut, but when I add the widget there is no Leav Home option to select, only smart triggers I've created

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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-27 07:04:01

  @Jabteles

Leave Mode is different than Home/Away mode (Cameras tab of the app). On Home or Away mode you can set 2 whole settings of the camera (like alarm type, sound and time schedule, also notifications and others settings, it's a nice feature).

Leave Mode only choice for my camera is to turn on or off Privacy Mode, I don't want that. I want my alarm running even if I am home but with different settings.
My settings are different, when Home, for example my alarm sound is on depending on hour, like from 22:30 to 07:30 (basicly when I am sleeping) and is still recording.
And for Away, my alarm sound is set on all the time.

Yes, I can also create a Tapo widget, and inside this widget, I can add shortcuts but when I go in the menu to create a shortcut/action for the C410 the only choices I have are :
- Toggle the Privacy mode on or off which basicly completely turn off recording and stuff
- Play a sound

There isn't any other choice.

What model do you have ?

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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-27 08:11:38
Yes I see. Mobile OnePlus 9 Pro Cams C220, C410 and C425
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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-27 08:20:05

  @Jabteles 

Okay thanks and for your C410, in the actions/shortcut do you also only have three choices like me ?
- Turn on privacy mode
- Turn off privacy mode
- Play a sound

I hope developpers/support read this forum, it  shouldn't be a hard implementation to add Home/Action actions in the shortcuts, it's already in the app.

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Re:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-03-27 08:56:20
Yes
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RE:Home/Away mode shortcut or widget on Android home screen (C410 camera)
2025-08-02 04:30:23
Make the shortcut thats in the app already under camera Home mode and Away mode as an widgets so we can click it on our home screen. Or better make it under the Shortcut than we can select away and home are self's, now it only show Privacy on and off
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