TP-Link Smart Home

Supported devices: Plugs: EP10, EP25[^1], HS100[^2], HS103, HS105, HS110, KP100, KP105, KP115, KP125, KP125M[^1], KP401; Power Strips: EP40, EP40M[^1], HS107, HS300, KP200, KP303, KP400; Wall Switches: ES20M, HS200[^2], HS210, HS220[^2], KP405, KS200, KS200M, KS205[^1], KS220, KS220M, KS225[^1], KS230, KS240[^1]; Bulbs: KL110, KL120, KL125, KL130, KL135, KL50, KL60, LB110; Light Strips: KL400L5, KL420L5, KL430; Hubs: KH100[^1]; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: KE100[^1]; Plugs: P100, P105, P110, P110M, P115, P125M, P135, TP15; Power Strips: P210M, P300, P304M, P306, TP25; Wall Switches: S210, S220, …

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Octopus Home Mini to get the ground truth from the meter. Tapo P110 energy monitoring sockets for white goods and other odd appliances or loads, etc. Tapo P304M (4 way energy monitoring extension) for computer equipment. Various synthetic sensors made through Powercalc -- e.g. linked to cheapo smart plugs for a lamp or a pedestal fan that has a known load if it's on.

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Supported devices: Plugs: EP10, EP25[^1], HS100[^2], HS103, HS105, HS110, KP100, KP105, KP115, KP125, KP125M[^1], KP401; Power Strips: EP40, EP40M[^1], HS107, HS300, KP200, KP303, KP400; Wall Switches: ES20M, HS200[^2], HS210, HS220[^2], KP405, KS200, KS200M, KS205[^1], KS220, KS220M, KS225[^1], KS230, KS240[^1]; Bulbs: KL110, KL120, KL125, KL130, KL135, KL50, KL60, LB110; Light Strips: KL400L5, KL420L5, KL430; Hubs: KH100[^1]; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: KE100[^1]; Plugs: P100, P105, P110, P110M, P115, P125M, P135, TP15; Power Strips: P210M, P300, P304M, P306, TP25; Wall Switches: S210, S220, …

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Supported devices: Plugs: EP10, EP25[^1], HS100[^2], HS103, HS105, HS110, KP100, KP105, KP115, KP125, KP125M[^1], KP401; Power Strips: EP40, EP40M[^1], HS107, HS300, KP200, KP303, KP400; Wall Switches: ES20M, HS200[^2], HS210, HS220[^2], KP405, KS200, KS200M, KS205[^1], KS220, KS220M, KS225[^1], KS230, KS240[^1]; Bulbs: KL110, KL120, KL125, KL130, KL135, KL50, KL60, LB110; Light Strips: KL400L5, KL420L5, KL430; Hubs: KH100[^1]; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: KE100[^1]; Plugs: P100, P105, P110, P110M, P115, P125M, P135, TP15; Power Strips: P210M, P300, P304M, P306, TP25; Wall Switches: S210, S220, …

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Supported devices: Plugs: EP10, EP25[^1], HS100[^2], HS103, HS105, HS110, KP100, KP105, KP115, KP125, KP125M[^1], KP401; Power Strips: EP40, EP40M[^1], HS107, HS300, KP200, KP303, KP400; Wall Switches: ES20M, HS200[^2], HS210, HS220[^2], KP405, KS200, KS200M, KS205[^1], KS220, KS220M, KS225[^1], KS230, KS240[^1]; Bulbs: KL110, KL120, KL125, KL130, KL135, KL50, KL60, LB110; Light Strips: KL400L5, KL420L5, KL430; Hubs: KH100[^1]; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: KE100[^1]; Plugs: P100, P105, P110, P110M, P115, P125M, P135, TP15; Power Strips: P210M, P300, P304M, P306, TP25; Wall Switches: S210, S220, …

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… Strips: L900-10, L900-5, L920-5, L930-5; Cameras: C100, C120, C210, C220, C225, C325WB, C520WS, C720, TC65, TC70; Doorbells and chimes: D100C, D130, D230; Vacuums: RV20 Max Plus, RV30 Max; Hubs: H100, H200; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: S200B, S200D, T100, T110, T300, T310, T315.

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… C325WB, C520WS, C720, TC65, TC70; Doorbells and chimes: D100C, D130, D230; Vacuums: RV20 Max Plus, RV30 Max; Hubs: H100, H200; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: S200B, S200D, T100, T110, T300, T310, T315.

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… EP25[^1], HS100[^2], HS103, HS105, HS110, KP100, KP105, KP115, KP125, KP125M[^1], KP401; Power Strips: EP40, EP40M[^1], HS107, HS300, KP200, KP303, KP400; Wall Switches: ES20M, HS200[^2], HS210, HS220[^2], KP405, KS200, KS200M, KS205[^1], KS220, KS220M, KS225[^1], KS230, KS240[^1]; Bulbs: KL110, KL120, KL125, KL130, KL135, KL50, KL60, LB110; Light Strips: KL400L5, KL420L5, KL430; Hubs: KH100[^1]; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: KE100[^1]; Plugs: P100, P105, P110, P110M, P115, P125M, P135, TP15; Power Strips: P210M, P300, P304M, P306, TP25; Wall Switches: S210, S220, S500D, S505, S505D; Bulbs: …

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… TC65, TC70; Doorbells and chimes: D100C, D130, D230; Vacuums: RV20 Max Plus, RV30 Max; Hubs: H100, H200; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: S200B, S200D, T100, T110, T300, T310, T315.

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Tapo T300 via Tapo H110. Both integrate perfectly in Home Assistant, and the water leak will also sound its alarm even if Home Assistant is down.

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… Doorbells and chimes: D100C, D130, D230; Vacuums: RV20 Max Plus, RV30 Max; Hubs: H100, H200; Hub-Connected Devices[^3]: S200B, S200D, T100, T110, T300, T310, T315.

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Kasa switches or TreatLife are good WiFi switches I have had good luck with with HA, of course I also have a great WiFi Unifi network to support the 38 switches I have installed

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Some of us built this database to compare all the major options on the market: https://www.sortabase.com/SmartBulbs. Personally I've been very happy with my Kasa bulb.

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I have 23 devices online (mostly Kasa stuff) on my Tp-Link Deco (AC1200) network at the moment, perfect reliability so far. More expensive routers offers faster network speed but I don't move large files around and only stream on one device at a time, this cheap model is good enough for my needs.

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I’m running multiple Kesa plugs at my home. Mainly for energy measurements. I’ve been using the first gen ones for almost ten years now. They’ve been surprisingly stable throughout the HomeBridge/HomeKit Era and they are still working with HomeAssistant. If WiFi was the only option, I would probably buy them again. But I would still block them from accessing the internet. This blocks firmware updates and other nonsense.

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TP-Link Mostly P110 but also an old HS110 and a KP303 power strip All working perfectly for over 2 years Originally wanted ZigBee prices and availability were put 3 back then

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TPLink - Why did you eliminate local control by Home Assistant?!. Context: I have been all in on TPLink for years. I use their routers, (currently the ER605) their access points (indoor and outdoor), long range antennas (CPE510 and CPE210) and their plugs and power bars (HS103, KP405, etc.) I was upgrading the old, not local controllable smart wifi dimmer light switches in my house and my first stop was TPLink HS220 (single pole dimmer smart switch) and the KS230 (3 way smart dimmer light switches). They are cheap, readily available, I have good strong wifi (and it doesnt interfere with my …

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Kasa KS200 or KS220 for dimmers. They have Homekit versions, but otherwise they are protocol agnostic. The work with Thread, Matter, MQTT (if you felt like it), etc. Any wifi connected switch should connect automatically to HA, so that's not exactly a feature, but a baseline. https://i.imgur.com/2zPOfds.png

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You’re good with Kasa. Best to use the to-link/kasa app for initial setup but Kasa has good offline control and once set up you can block them from the internet entirely if you want. Kasa isn’t universally loved but it’s a solid workhorse in HA, especially local. Don’t know about your bulbs, if they’re Tuya I think there is a work around, if Sylvania smart wifi or whatever it is I think requires online, don’t know for sure. I’m kind of in the same boat as you, my tech skills have diminished over the years so the learning curve has been high but it’s going well. And like you, local control is …

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I was an early adopter of WEMO switches and they initially worked well. Then I tried some KASA switches which were less expensive. I had about 24 switches split between WEMO and KASA. I feel the KASA switches have better WiFi range as I would replace a WEMO switch that couldn't connect to WiFi but the KASA switch would work just fine in the same location. While one could say having my Smarthome split between two vendors, I wasn't putting all my eggs in one basket. However, the downside is you need an App like Alexa to integrate the two together. Lately I have been having trouble with Alexa …

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Kasa products are all wifi based, but you can go into your router and limit them to local only. Then in the kasa app they will all show offline, but are still available in home assistant.

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Check out TP-link smatplug minis…. Local poling and power consumption in HA. Solid devices

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I like the tplink kasa ones. Newer models have energy monitoring. HA detects them on its own.

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I've been using kasa for 5 years, local polling and no cloud. I think you're drawing a conclusion of all kasa products based on your bad experience with one. It's also #38 in the list of most used integrations so I'm very clearly not alone on this. Sounds like you just had bad hardware which can happen. The issue with motion not being exposed as an entity could have just been researched in advance: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/sm952f/comment/i1pwdn1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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For power strips, I’ve been using the TP Link Kasa. Been working well for me.

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I’m totally with you on this. I have every switch in my house setup with tplink. Runs offline, runs online, runs on HomeKit, you choose. Pretty amazing for how cheap everything is.

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Home Assistant is very good at linking things together from different ecosystems, and adding interactions that you wouldn't imagine. But, to make these all work, each of the different systems still has to work. Have a few kasa switches and bulbs too, those have been bulletproof from both app control and within HA. But other stuff that is finicky on its own will still be finicky inside of HA. I've spend a ton of time on my HA instance as I add new devices and try new stuff and optimize. The girlfriend just wants the light to turn on with a timer, but I've broken it 3 different ways by moving …

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I run all this kasa stuff completely offline. You can set them up (connect to wifi) without the app using the python-kasa cli and then control them with home assistant. They are on a wifi network fully banned from the internet

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I'm gonna go against the grain and say Tp-Link Tapo with the Tapo Hacs integration. Granted I only used Wyze and Tapos in my home auto(nuked wyze in favor of Tapo) , but latest Tapo 2k cams are pretty sweet, and the integration is well featured and maintained.

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Personally, I can vouch for TP-Link Tapo. I've had a bunch over the years and they are some of the most reliable devices in my whole HA setup. They show up instantly in HA to be integrated. They do have an app and use the cloud if you want that functionality. (Some people are anti cloud no matter what, and I get that). I use the app initially when I get a new camera to get it onto my wifi, etc. It's not my main use case, but I do use their app if I'm away from home and don't want to mess with Nabu Casa or Tailscale/VPN into my home network - works perfectly every time. They seem to be DIY …

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… network side I just used some software to untag the iot vlan so my pi 4 can get a iot address so home assistant can directly connect to the devices. As for tapo devices I had a p100 before I was using a custom integration to make it work locally and after a while the tplink integration worked fine. After some time I think I broke the p100 because I used it outdoors Now I'm using again the tapo integration with the L530 (smart bulb) and it's working locally make sure to enable 3rd party comparability Also add-ons are docker containers I just wanted to make some esp home devices I just …

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yes the P110 does energy monitoring, voltage, current and power (watts) it's the P100 that does not. I only use home assistant, and the TP-Link Smart Home integration, and below is the entities i get from one of my P110 plugs. https://preview.redd.it/4c51vqokz21g1.png?width=1509&format=png&auto=webp&s=6585dd5fed48ecb6221228f5079d7670b911e6e2

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Tapo P110. Small and can be had at good prices. Integrates with home assistant perfectly, had no issues in over a year running 8

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Stable Any luton Caseta Envisalink (patches into the alarm system) Rachio sprinkler system Any Hue device (98% of the time) ismartgate pro Middle of the road Kasa devices (95% of the time) Sonos (97% of the time.. some drops) Unstable Any apple product Nest mini and nest audio Heos devices Most TVs: Sony, LG, Roku, etc.

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Status for anyone landing here: - Upstream, python-kasa/python-kasa#1803 was closed today as a duplicate of python-kasa/python-kasa#1791, which looks like the canonical issue now. The fix PR is python-kasa/python-kasa#1792. It's tested on EP10, HS103 and KP115, has passing CI, and is waiting on maintainer review. - 2026.10.2 still pins python-kasa 0.11.0.1, so it doesn't fix this. - The KP100 hw 3.0 / fw 1.0.1 from the original report is also filed upstream as python-kasa/python-kasa#1799, and #185900 is the same bug on EP10. - I've relayed the reorder answers from this thread (thanks …

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Status for anyone landing here: - Upstream, python-kasa/python-kasa#1803 was closed today as a duplicate of python-kasa/python-kasa#1791, which looks like the canonical issue now. The fix PR is python-kasa/python-kasa#1792. It's tested on EP10, HS103 and KP115, has passing CI, and is waiting on maintainer review. - 2026.10.2 still pins python-kasa 0.11.0.1, so it doesn't fix this. - The KP100 hw 3.0 / fw 1.0.1 from the original report is also filed upstream as python-kasa/python-kasa#1799, and #185900 is the same bug on EP10. - I've relayed the reorder answers from this thread (thanks …

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Well, I initially installed a bunch of HS200s and 210s, and while they worked ok, I've started experiencing some weird wifi issues at times that I can't necessarily pin on any particular device, but this is prompting me to move all my "smart" devices to Zigbee instead to get them off my LAN. Starting over, I would go with Zigbee right off the bat. Currently, Matter over Thread isn't quite where I'd like it to be and Zigbee is pretty robust. As far as control from the iPhone, I would assume there is a Home Assistant companion app available, or you could install "Home Assistant Matter Hub" and …

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… on "less important" things. Every time it's bit me in some way, usually in the form of fewer features or poor stability. Good recent example: I bought Kasa KS220M motion dimmer switches because they're cheap. They work fine, but the integration cannot expose the motion sensor (API limitation) and so I have to rely on the built-in motion trigger instead of HA automations (so I can't tie it into my system). Contrast with the much more expensive Leviton D2MSD I bought for another room whose HomeKit integration has been flawless and is highly configurable... I should've bought more of those. …

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Finally Had Enough With Internet Connected Smart Bulbs and Google Home. I have by all accounts an extremely simple IOT setup. Everything worked fine for awhile, but in the last 3 months I've been having nothing but headaches with my smart bulbs. My favorite is when I'm trying to go to bed, and suddenly my Kasa smart bulbs decide to disconnect from my wifi network and suddenly become stupid where I have to get up and physically turn the light off, the thing I have set my home up to avoid. This has happened 3 times now. So HA community, its time. I'm going to read through guides, use Nabu so I …

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The solution I’ve found for ensuring wifi devices and switches don’t disconnect is to set them to a static reserved IP. I have a ton of Kasa wifi switches and they disconnect constantly on DHCP. Flip every device to a static IP and you should have any problems.

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The problem ### The problem After the latest firmware update, one of my TP-Link Tapo L610 smart bulbs stopped working with Home Assistant. The device updated from firmware 1.1.2 to 1.4.2, and since then Home Assistant cannot communicate with it anymore. The integration reports: Unable to communicate with the device connect: Device 192.168.1.124 responded with 403 to handshake1 When trying to reconfigure the device manually, Home Assistant shows: Unsupported device 192.168.1.124 of type SMART.TAPOBULB with encrypt_scheme EncryptionScheme(is_support_https=False, encrypt_type='TPAP', …

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Not all plugs have that capability. Eg In Kasa's case it's the HS110 has energy monitoring If you can't find one of those, you might be able to get a Tapo P110 instead. Others may have better products to recommend but it's what I use. Support isn't built in though, you have to find the Tapo from the HACS store

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The problem ### The problem After the latest firmware update, one of my TP-Link Tapo L610 smart bulbs stopped working with Home Assistant. The device updated from firmware 1.1.2 to 1.4.2, and since then Home Assistant cannot communicate with it anymore. The integration reports: Unable to communicate with the device connect: Device 192.168.1.124 responded with 403 to handshake1 When trying to reconfigure the device manually, Home Assistant shows: Unsupported device 192.168.1.124 of type SMART.TAPOBULB with encrypt_scheme EncryptionScheme(is_support_https=False, encrypt_type='TPAP', …

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IMHO WiFi is the worst choice for IoT. It's bad for battery life, causes congestion on WiFi, and enables all sorts of irritating problems by providing internet access. Tapo, for example, appears to require authorization via the cloud (though control is local once authorized). If they ever shut down that cloud auth service, any devices you factory reset for some reason are now paperweights. My preference is Z-Wave. It works on a different spectrum entirely from WiFi, has excellent range, and has very clear branding around features (security classifications, protocol revisions, smart start, …

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Go into the Kasa App -> Settings -> Third Party Compatibility -> On

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Don't buy TP-Link Kasa Products for Home Assistant. I've seen several people recommending these, and I have a few, but I've had all kinds of problems, so I just want to make sure people are aware of the issues and the lack of support. Most recently I bought an ES20M - Wifi Dimmer with a motion sensor. I was hesitant to buy this based on past experiences with Kasa smart plugs, but this was the only connected dimmer with a motion sensor I could find, so I thought I would give it a shot. I got it installed and was immediately disappointed - the motion sensor is not actually exposed to home …

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The problem I installed a bunch of Kasa switches, plugs and light strips about 4 weeks ago. Up until a few days ago, I was integrating them into Homekit via Homebridge. Earlier last week I made the decision to migrate to HA. Everything has gone fairly smoothly except for the two light strips. They actually work fine to just turn them on/off (from HA or HK or Kasa app). But they’ve been intermittently going offline (unavailable). I finally figured out that it’s happening whenever I try to change the color. This started immediately after integrating them into HA. Doesn’t matter whether I change …

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I block my tplinks at the firewall level blocking in/out from public internet. They work find locally.

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… bit of hybrid. You need cloud to set it up first and if I recall correctly need cloud to add into home assistant. It’s been a couple years since my last Kasa. Once you set up it runs on local polling instead of pushing. It suffers a little lag and unfortunately diminish the benefit of a local device.

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… issue 28381 and pull request 32348. Since the update, am seeing a new issue that's likely related to the new HomeKit calls. I ask Siri to set the dimmer light to 22%. The Home app then incorrectly reflects 21%, HA frontend reflects a dim value of "54" out of 255, which is 21.18%. I believe the issue could be some weirdness between HomeKit using 0-100% dim percentages while HA uses 0-255 - something to do with the conversion between. ## Environment - Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 0.108.0 - Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known): Prior version, but had other issues as …

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… fulfilled by Amazon would be great... (free shipping, quick delivery and 30-day trial period with full refund with no return costs). I recently tried a TP-Link Tapo P110 and I got it working with HA, but I don't like that it's always connected to the cloud and I also didn't like that I had to install HACS and go through some extra steps, which were a bit glitchy, to get it working I hear good things about Shelly all the time, but theirs are a bit pricey... Shelly Plus Plug S is 24€ per unit... (and only 12A). That's the price for 2 Tapos... rated for 16A. NOUS A1T sells for 27€ for two (13.50 …

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P110M does energy in HA too 🙃.. just not in a matter integration... but getting energy data over matter is a pain in the ass as there's so many standards and only the latest version supports that apparently. i have one P110M, once i figured out there's absolutely no need for the matter stuff when the tp-link smart home integration can access way more data than the matter integrations can, i bought a load of P110's (*and the 4 x P100's i have was a mistake where i thought i'd found a better deal when ordering some more P110's, the P100's just have on / off switching capabilities and no energy …

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UK Users: What Smartplugs are we using in 2025?. For the last few years I have been using TP-Link Tapo smartplugs which worked relatively well. Some of them even had power monitoring, and with a bit of work you didn't need to register them in to the cloud either. However in the last few months I have had 2 die on me (and it looks like a 3rd might be on its way out too). And to top it off, the cloud connection is now mandatory, you can't bypass it in newer versions of firmware it seems. What plugs are people using in the UK these days? I have zigbee for most of my other devices, so either that …

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Status for anyone landing here: - Upstream, python-kasa/python-kasa#1803 was closed today as a duplicate of python-kasa/python-kasa#1791, which looks like the canonical issue now. The fix PR is python-kasa/python-kasa#1792. It's tested on EP10, HS103 and KP115, has passing CI, and is waiting on maintainer review. - 2026.10.2 still pins python-kasa 0.11.0.1, so it doesn't fix this. - The KP100 hw 3.0 / fw 1.0.1 from the original report is also filed upstream as python-kasa/python-kasa#1799, and #185900 is the same bug on EP10. - I've relayed the reorder answers from this thread (thanks …

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The problem ### The problem After the latest firmware update, one of my TP-Link Tapo L610 smart bulbs stopped working with Home Assistant. The device updated from firmware 1.1.2 to 1.4.2, and since then Home Assistant cannot communicate with it anymore. The integration reports: Unable to communicate with the device connect: Device 192.168.1.124 responded with 403 to handshake1 When trying to reconfigure the device manually, Home Assistant shows: Unsupported device 192.168.1.124 of type SMART.TAPOBULB with encrypt_scheme EncryptionScheme(is_support_https=False, encrypt_type='TPAP', …

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I recently got a Tapo C520WS and switched from Alexa to HomeKit. At first, I thought the stream wasn’t loading because the HomePod needed to handle the processing. After getting a HomePod, the issue persists. - Preview frames work fine, but when I open the camera, the stream loads for a while and then fails. - Logs show the stream is sending a lot of encrypted data, but nothing seems to be reaching HomeKit. - I checked the documentation and other reports, tried changing the video codec, but no success. - The docs mention that the audio stream is disabled by default so I didn't fiddle around …

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The problem ### The problem After the latest firmware update, one of my TP-Link Tapo L610 smart bulbs stopped working with Home Assistant. The device updated from firmware 1.1.2 to 1.4.2, and since then Home Assistant cannot communicate with it anymore. The integration reports: Unable to communicate with the device connect: Device 192.168.1.124 responded with 403 to handshake1 When trying to reconfigure the device manually, Home Assistant shows: Unsupported device 192.168.1.124 of type SMART.TAPOBULB with encrypt_scheme EncryptionScheme(is_support_https=False, encrypt_type='TPAP', …

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Same problem here. My tp15 smart plugs immediately stopped working through the tapo integration after updating to HA Core 2026.2.0. Thanks mossipcams, I added them via matter and they're working that way.

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Word of warning. TP-Link started removing local API access on the HS110 in later firmware versions, meaning it can't integrate with Home Assistant and is only accessible through the Kasa app. I have four of them, and made the mistake of upgrading one. No easy rollback. I'd recommend purchasing an ESP8266/ESP32 based plug with the ability to flash ESPHome, Tasmota etc. That way, you have full control. Athom and Local Bytes are good options.

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TPLink - Why did you eliminate local control by Home Assistant?!. Context: I have been all in on TPLink for years. I use their routers, (currently the ER605) their access points (indoor and outdoor), long range antennas (CPE510 and CPE210) and their plugs and power bars (HS103, KP405, etc.) I was upgrading the old, not local controllable smart wifi dimmer light switches in my house and my first stop was TPLink HS220 (single pole dimmer smart switch) and the KS230 (3 way smart dimmer light switches). They are cheap, readily available, I have good strong wifi (and it doesnt interfere with my …

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