Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a finding regarding the Tapo C225 camera that may be useful for those who want silent, pet-only monitoring without motion-triggered recordings for other objects.

🔧 What I Tested:

• Pet Detection: ON

• Auto Tracking (Pet Only): ON

• Motion Detection:

    ON from 23:31, Jun 28, 2025

    OFF from 19:40, Jun 29, 2025

✅ Result:

• The camera continues to auto-track pets even after Motion Detection is OFF.

• It does not follow humans or other moving objects.

• Only pets are recorded. Humans and other motion events are not recorded.

• This setup is ideal for people who want to monitor pets without false alerts or unnecessary video clips.

💡 Key Insight:

It seems that enabling Motion Detection once may “activate” internal tracking behavior that continues, even after turning it off—as long as Pet Detection and Auto Tracking (Pet Only) remain ON.

📌 Notes:

• This behavior may depend on the firmware or app version.

• I recommend testing this setup again after any app or firmware updates.

Let me know if anyone else can replicate this. It could be a helpful workaround for pet owners!