Choosing a Tapo Smart Hub for Your Home (H100, H200, H500)
Tapo now offers a variety of smart hubs to bring more advanced automations, local communication, and additional compatibility to your Smart Home!
As Tapo's lineup of hubs continues to expand, we are seeing more questions about the features that each hub offers, how they can work together in a network, and what is needed for your home.
What Does a Sub-G Hub Add to my Smart Home?
- Adding Sub-G Sensors from Tapo to Expand Your Smart Home
- Connect Your Tapo Sensors to Another Platform via the Cloud, or Local Matter Bridging
- Add Compatible Tapo Sensors to a Third-Party Platform (Alexa, Google, SmartThings) via Local Matter Bridging
- Create Reliable, Local Automations for Your Smart Home, Even when there is No Internet Access
- (H200/H500 Only) Expand the Storage Available to Your Cameras
- (H500 Only) Add Another Brand's Matter-Compatible Plug, Light Bulb, or Light Strip to Tapo
Which Hub Should I Choose?
- Tapo H100 - Original Sub-G Hub with Chime, Matter Bridging, and Local Smart Actions
- Tapo H110 (Coming Soon / Non-US Model) - Upcoming IR (Infrared) Sub-G Hub, Allowing Pairing of TV and Appliance Remotes
- Tapo H200 - Original Sub-G Hub Intended to Allow you to Record Your Tapo Camera's clips to its own storage
- Tapo H500 - Our latest AI Hub, intended for use alongside your Tapo cameras, brings improved AI Detections, Expanded Storage, Matter Controller capabilities, and Facial Recognition
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H100 |
H200 |
H500 |
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Purpose |
Sensors, Chimes |
Sensors, Chimes, Camera Recording (SD) |
Sensors, Chimes, Camera Recording (HDD), AI Empowerment with Facial Recognition |
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Form Factor |
Wall Plug-In |
Tabletop |
Table Top w/Tablet Stand |
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Connectivity |
Wi-Fi, Sub-G |
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Sub-G |
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Sub-G |
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Maximum Devices |
64 Sensors |
64 Sensors + 4 Cameras |
64 Sensors, + 16 Cameras* |
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Ports |
Power |
Power, Ethernet, microSD |
Power, Ethernet, USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, 2.5" HDD |
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Sensor Compatibility |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Local Smart Actions |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Matter Bridge Compatibility |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Matter Controller Compatibility |
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✔️ |
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Camera Connection |
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✔️ |
✔️ |
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AI Empowerment |
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✔️ |
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Facial Recognition |
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✔️ |
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Video Storage (Max) |
None |
(SD Card) 256GB |
(HDD) 16TB |
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Overview Page |
*Maximum Number of Cameras (16) Depends on the Type of Recording Chosen for Each Camera. Choosing 24/7 Recording over Detection-Based Recording will reduce the Number of Maximum Cameras Available to the H500.
Common Questions:
Can I use the Camera Recording Function of the H200 and H500 with non-Sub-GHz cameras?
Yes, the camera recording feature on the hubs is rolling out to as many Tapo cameras as possible via firmware updates. Check our list of compatible cameras to see if yours can record to a Tapo Hub:
Tapo Smart Hub Compatible Camera List
How Do I Know if my Tapo Hub is Managing a Smart Action in my Home?
When creating or editing a smart action, there will be a notice that a local smart hub manages the action. Otherwise, there will be a small Tapo Logo in the top corner of your Automation's card.
Local Smart actions have specific requirements regarding what devices, triggers, and actions may be used. You can learn more about their requirement and how to identify their status in our Community Story:
Getting Started with Local Smart Actions - Smart Home Community
What Tapo Sensors are Compatible with Matter Bridging?
Currently, the H100, H200, and H500 allow for Bridging of the T100(Motion), T110(Open/Close), T310(Temp), T315(Temp w/ Eink)
Compatibility for supported sensors is expected to expand via future hub updates; however, we do not have a current timeline to provide.
Hello, I know it says it works with the C420 camera, but does it mean the series 420? Or will it work with the C425 camera? I plan on getting one since I am purchasing multiple cameras and not sure if I should get multiple memory cards or just get this and put one memory card.
The H100 and H200 are not clearly specified here, the local smart actions by H200 has a tentative statement from earlier this year. Amazon insists I need an H100 smart dimmer button (S200D), when I asked it doubled down in H100 not H200, yet here it states H200 supports the smart dimmer button.
Range and connectivity are concerns by existing users. I see various estimates of Sub-Ghz range. First, what is the frequency range and what are the outdoor (because cameras) and indoor expected ranges of the H100 and H200 and associated sensors, switches like S200D?