Are you adding a Tapo camera to your smart home?

@paulmontgomery4696

6 ай бұрын

Quite possibly

@jaku0o

6 ай бұрын

i am actually going to return the Tapo camera, it is very blurry when paired with apple home. eufy 2k indoor has way better image quality

@davidoverbaughjr5927

5 ай бұрын

I added the C125 yesterday, but there seems to be a bug with HomeKit where it shows the video feed on the summary screen in the Apple Home app, but no device is listed under the room view. i.e., Mine is assigned to the Living room, but when looking at that entire room in the Home app, the camera is not a listed device. This leads to my problem...if you don't see the device listed, how could I create automation in HomeKit??? I am trying to create 2 automation, one that activates the camera to record when both my wife and I are not home, and one to disable the recording and streaming when one or both of us arrive home. I would also love to have it active overnight, but I may be dreaming. I have been painstakingly trying to get the Aqara G3 to work like I want it to but it just will not work. I've asked Aqara for help twice with no response so that camera is going back to Amazon. Interested in hearing if you have the same issue in the Home app that I see.

@brooklynsveryown2637

2 ай бұрын

Hello Adam. I want to add this camera but can you please help me out with one important question that I have.if I buy the sd card do I still need a subscription to record motion detect on the camera?

@shadowx6187

Ай бұрын

@@jaku0o but eufy 2k indoor does not give u 2-way audio and talk.

Tapo is really starting to make some interesting products. They're smart video door lock is going to definitely be a head Turner this year. Really looking forward to it!

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

Tapo products are great! I'm looking forward to the doorbell/lock as well, gonna be awesome!

Awesome !!

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

❤

Tapo would kill the entire market if they made the same camera but made an outdoor version, that still worked with HomeKit,. There is not that much in this price point that can do what this camera can do outside. If someone with a 3D printer wants to be rich, just make a cap that can shield the fixed camera from rain and sell it, so many people would buy.

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

That would be amazing. I hear Aqara is about to release an outdoor camera 👀

Looks like great cameras!

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊

Awesome videos sorry I’m soo late

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate the support!

Can you get any info for UK release?

Dunno, the Aqara E1 seems like a better (or slightly better) product to me. It’s design (for the pan & tilt camera), the Aqara app is definitely better than Tapo’s, and of course it uses USB-C instead of this crappy proprietary thing! Good luck if you would like to put the camera at a place where you’ll need a bigger cord..!!

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

This is true. there are pros and cons to both, just depends on what features you need and what works best for you :)

@kyrbies

Ай бұрын

Better microUSB or USB-C for individual cable length! But invisible IR is cool

Does it show up in HomeKit as motion sensor to trigger automations?

@AdamsTechLife

4 ай бұрын

yes

Hey great video. But off topic a quick question, will other residents of home will also be able to see the Aqara scenes imported into home app? Assuming they don’t have Aqara app on the device

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

if you share your apple home with somebody, they'll have access to everything (scenes, remote control, cam recordings, etc). some limitations can be set, but not to scenes.

I have them and they are the best ones available. Too bad that Homekit only supports 1080p.

@AdamsTechLife

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience :) yeah i wish HomeKit supported a higher quality too

Probably it's a dumb question, but what would you pick between the Tapo C125 and the Eufy Indoor Cam C120?

@AdamsTechLife

5 ай бұрын

eufy has the features i need at the price i want. tapo is great, but the extra features aren't worth it to me for the price. maybe it is to you. depends what you're looking for.

When the stream and recording is set to off when home in the Apple Home app does it activate the privacy shutter?

@AdamsTechLife

26 күн бұрын

i don't have this camera anymore so i can't say for sure but if was guessing i would say yes.

Can we get a loop of you running back-and-forth in front of the camera to Lofi beats please?

@AdamsTechLife

5 ай бұрын

haha love it!

How does this compare to aqura e1 as a homekit camera?

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

more features, better picture quality, better overall experience and value imo.

Hey Adam, actually there is a v1 of the C225 which I had no idea about. The v1 is not compatible with Apple Homekit at all. There is no QR code to add it and there is no way to add it Home app from Apple. I was very disappointed when I received and installed my camera so I decided to chase for the v2. V2 works exactly as you describe. Not sure if you know about this but could be nice to mention that.

@AdamsTechLife

Ай бұрын

This is true, thanks for sharing! tapo makes other non HomeKit compatible cameras too

I have had to change away from TP Link devices as over time they become more unreliable as you add more of their devices. Their app can not handle more than 20 devices. It starts to randomly drop devices. Have you seen this with any of your devices?

@AdamsTechLife

6 ай бұрын

That's interesting to hear. I've only used a few of the tapo devices and haven't experienced that before but thanks for sharing that info.

How’s the angle of view for the C225? Is it narrow?

@AdamsTechLife

Ай бұрын

the video answers your question ;)

@edmondwong

Ай бұрын

@@AdamsTechLife thanks I did watched the video but I couldn’t be sure as from the specification it appears that c225 only 83 degrees if I am not wrong so I would be interested to see how it goes. Thanks

Any recommendation for wireless camera support apple homekit?

@AdamsTechLife

5 ай бұрын

any of the eufy 2 lineup (2c, 2c pro, 2 pro) :)

@jaimerangelespena

5 ай бұрын

thanks :)@@AdamsTechLife

@shadowx6187

Ай бұрын

@@AdamsTechLife my 2c pro is sitting at home and its terrible when i streamed. It sometimes does not load. When loading video history it lags.