TP-LINK TAPO H500 Smart secures your house

Suppose your house is equipped with multiple cameras, but managing them feels like a chaotic job. The storage also quickly becomes full, Cloud subscriptions will burden your budget and false reports of unreliable detection systems disrupt your peace of mind. TP-Link wants to upgrade your home security with the TAPO H500. This smart home base must centralize your security, protect your data and simplify the management of your house.

TP-LINK TAPO H500
The TAPO H500 from TP-Link is a smart device that can manage multiple smart devices. The Tapo H500 acts as a smart home base with support up to 16 tapo cameras, 64 tapo sensors and several IoT devices (***) within your smart home network. Via the Tapo app you see an overview of all your cameras and IoT devices at a glance and with one click you can easily and well-arranged. The TAPO H500 also works as an extra doorbell gong for connected Tapo doorbells.
The H500 has a tablet stand to easily supervise your house. Thanks to support for HDMI output with 4 channels (1) you can view up to four camera cafés at the same time on a monitor or TV, for optimum overview.
The H500 is completely compatible with the Matter standard and receives FRIF support via a software update this summer (2). In this way, the Tapo H500 effortlessly integrates with other devices that support these protocols, so that your smart home network remains flexible and expandable.

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The TP-Link Tapo H500 has a handy tablet standard

Safe storage without expensive cloud subscriptions
With the TAPO H500 you will not easily lose any essential video images. All recordings are stored locally on the built -in 16GB storage of the base station, expandable to 16 TB via a 2.5 ”hard disk or SSD. For example, your most important moments are always protected and accessible, regardless of what happens to your cameras.
This local storage solution not only protects your most important moments, but also offers a cost -effective alternative to cloud storage: you no longer have any monthly subscription costs.
In terms of Privacy, advanced AES-128 and RSA-1024-encryption protects your data during both transfer and storage. So you no longer have vulnerabilities such as with cloud systems. In short, no monthly costs and no data breaches.

App functions for management cameras
With the TAPO H500 and its striking app functions ** you manage your home security smarter:

• Facial management: The Tapo app contains an advanced facial management system that makes a database of faces recorded by your cameras. This allows you to efficiently manage the identity of people for better personal and security security.

• Facial: Thanks to facial, the Tapo app shows how people move through different camera images within one scene. Ideal for following movements and recognizing suspicious activities. This function will be available in May 2025 via a software update.

• Event insights: With event insights you can search events such as ‘unknown people’ on multiple cameras at the same time via the app. Enter a tag and all relevant video images are bundled for you.

False alarms and unreliable reports
According to TP-Link, the Tapo H500 deals with frustrating error messages and false alarms by using AI-controlled detection and recognition. With the help of large model improvements and a dataset of a million examples, the H500 achieves an impressive 99.9% detection quality (3).
Is an unknown detected? Then the built-in 110dB alarm can immediately scare off. The system also detects vehicles, packages and even pets, for complete security tailored to your daily life.
With real -time reports and smart warnings you will never miss what is really important again.

Price and availability
The Tapo H500 is now available for a suggested retail price of 129 euros. 16TB storage capacity is based on the maximum format of the HDD/SSD that can be used. HDD/SSD must be purchased separately. Actual capacity varies depending on type and size.

** Some functions will be available through future updates. Consult official announcements for release details.
*** Supports a maximum of 64 TAPO IoT devices (such as sensors, buttons, sub-1 switches) and 16 tapo cameras/doorbells. Consult the official website for the compatibility list.

(1) HDMI output supports a maximum of four combined video streams without individual channel control.

(2) FRIF support will be added to a future update, expected July 2025. Matter support applies to specific device types. Consult official product documentation for details

(3) Detection bluence measured under laboratory conditions.

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