Tapo Smart Cameras
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Tapo Smart Cameras
Comparing Tapo Doorbells and Tips for AI Detection Features Tapo D130 The Tapo D130 is our first wired doorbell offering a 2K 5MP view across a 180° FoV, Comprehensive AI Detection Types, and integrat
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If I turn on the vehicle detection mode and view the cameras live feed, the notification goes off for detecting my parked car. How can I fix this issue?
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For a few weeks now, almost every day around the same time (7:50pm) I get two "someone obstructed the camera" notifications. No one is there. No persons detected.
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Sarahann42793
· Latest post Wednesday
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bought Tappo smart camera prevent.garage theft. install see garage door and front door ... set to detect people ..but only detects me fom out of front door or entering front door...want it to catch wa
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nnyl
· Latest post a week ago
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My c236 regularly identifies vehicles as people. I have motion detection turned off, and I have selected people and pets.
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RogerWillco
· Latest post a week ago
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I grabbed a pair of these to compare to the brand I already am over saturated with. Easy install, although the Power Plug doesn't seem too water proof. But could be in a manner I can't see. As a whole
Motion Detection / Activity ZonesSmart Actions and AutomationsFeature RequestLive View
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Greetings, I have a flying squirrel infestation problem in my attic, and I'm using a c100 to monitor the squirrel in the attic, and a c425 on the outside pointing at the point in the trim where the sq
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Booji-Boy
· Latest post a week ago
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Notifications of personal detection are stated twice in a row on both my C425 and my C120, Hardware Version 1.0, Firmware 1.4.3. The Hardware Version for the C425 is 1.20 which is not listed above as
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Mary-mare
· Latest post 3 weeks ago
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When I set a privacy zone on a PTZ camera, the black box moves when the camera moves, it should stay positioned over the area or object I don't want the camera to see.
Motion Detection / Activity ZonesFeature Request
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Elliott2525
· Latest post 3 weeks ago
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Does the C402 KIT have on-device AI person detection or does it use the cloud? I ask because it takes about 5 seconds for the Person Detection to occur (from when I see the green LED light up and my a
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Hi everyone, I’m having an issue with my new Tapo C425 and hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. Right out of the box, the camera detected everything—almost too much. To narrow it d
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Trail77
· Latest post 2026-03-04 05:39:53
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I use my Tapo D225 doorbell in battery mode and see it detects events fine. I am using local storage on a microSD card. However the start of the recording usually is few seconds too late, I would like
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SocalPilot
· Latest post 2026-03-03 06:38:25
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