Just curious, are you on the free trial Tapo Care? Or Paid subscription?

Let us know how it goes.

How do I lock it to the nearby AP? Its using the same ssid (Google WIFI mesh)

I think you will to have one of this at home to be able to via remotely via HomeKit: You will have three options for the devices you can assign as a Hub. The allowed devices are Apple HomePod/HomePod...

Any fix to Tapo C520WS slow WIFI connection after a few minutes of viewing. After reboot it will work fine, then it will become unviewable because of the slow connection. I have a C425 on the same...

I dont think theres a way to change the hardware version, you will need the change the physical device.