Still hoping this feature will come.  The lack of this feature means I am wasting a lot of energy, and is costing me money.  Please provide it!!

I really need this feature.  You are missing an entire market.  I need 3 of these for an elderly relatives to stop them leaving appliances on.  
Since TAPO doesn't support I'lll be buying other products
 

At the moment I use SONOFF smart plug S26, and there is an option called "inching" in eWeLink - sort of timer to switch-off the plug after period of time (adjustable from 1 to 59 min). This is very handy to use: like scheduled on list of every hour of the day, so i can set working periods with easy by tapping individual hours (of course i spent some time to add 24 timers in the app first):

So pity TP-link plug has no such ability! I need to keep both eWeLink and TAPO apps on my phone to control them...

  @Solla-topee I think countdown timer is rather straightforward feature everybody knows about. This topic mostly about feature number 2 - Timed Auto-Off Function - lack of this function seems bother significant number of users - so, please, TAPO team - add this feature in later updates. Please!

For other topic writers:

this is not so obvious, but please vote for this feature request by clicking on icon at the top of this thread (right now it shows only 2):

 

Solla-topee wrote

Hello everyone, 

Thank you for sharing feedback with the Auto Off timer, please check if some suggestions here suit your needs. 

 

1.  If you want to have a Shortcut button to run a Timer : e.g. by pressing the button in the app,  turn on the plug for a certain amount of time and turn if OFF .This is supported in the Tapo App with Shortcut feature. 

 

• Tapo APP> Smart >Add a new Shortcut >

Plug 

'On Duration' = turn on and device then turn off the device after a certain amount of time 

 

 

2. If you want to  every time turning on the plug, the plug will be turned off after a certain amount of time

 

This is not supported so far and you can leave the comment below in the thread and share the detailed scenarios to help us understand how would this feature can be helpful to you, this will help with the evaluation, thank you!

 

 

I have several elderly relatives, all have trouble with touch screens and smart phones, they all have a tendancy to turn things on and forget 

they all still use wall phones.

use cases:

They turn the plug on, then it turns off after an hour because they never use the frypan that long.

One of them has an oil diffuser that should not be run for more than an hour, so it needs to turn itself off.

One of them has a mobility scooter the battery charge takes 2 hours, so the smart plug means it does no get overcharged.

none of them can operate the smart phone to use the timer.

pushing the plug to start the timer manages all these problems and leaves the with independence and some assurance that it won't run dry

I want it for various chargers etc that I use for RC and electronics, I don't want to spend 20 minutes looking in a app to set a timer when I can just push a button  

  @Kdmunro Use case: I switched on the bathroom lights (S210) but forgot to switch them off. The built-in timer turns them off after 2 hours.

  @Solla-topee as you can see a number iof use cases have presented, is there any update on when the functionailyt might be out back ?