TP-Link
TP-Link Tapo D225 Video Doorbell
- Wi-Fi
Verified September 2026
Solid value at ~£93 with a 2K 180° head-to-toe view, bundled chime and local microSD recording — no subscription required, undercutting Nest's £180+ hardware and competitive with Ring's battery doorbells. The 10,000mAh battery is rated for around 8 months per charge, but topping it back up takes roughly 6 hours with the doorbell off the door entirely — a real hassle if it's your only entry point. The bigger catch for HA users: the local RTSP stream only works when hardwired, so battery-only installs are limited to app-land. Best fit: a budget-conscious wired install where you want local video without paying for cloud storage.
In Home Assistant
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | Camera stream | Live video — wired units only; battery-only installs stay app-limited |
| Motion | Binary sensor | Detects movement near the door |
| Doorbell press | Not exposed | No native press entity — needs a workaround (see note below) |
There's no dedicated doorbell-press entity in the tplink_tapo integration — HA only gets a camera entity and (firmware-dependent) a general motion sensor. The documented workaround is a cross-app proxy: set up a Tapo-app automation (not in HA) that flips a paired Tapo smart bulb on doorbell press, then trigger your HA automation off that bulb's state change, using different presets to tell a press apart from ordinary motion. As already flagged, TP-Link pulled RTSP/ONVIF specifically to save battery, so this only works reliably on a hardwired D225.
Specs
- note
- RTSP requires wired power + Tapo camera account
- chime
- included
- power
- battery or wired
- battery
- 10,000mAh built-in, rated ~8 months per charge, ~6hr full recharge
- storage
- microSD up to 512GB
- ip rating
- IP66
- dimensions
- 150 × 50 × 38.4mm (doorbell unit)
- resolution
- 2K QHD (2304×1728, up to 20fps)
- night vision
- 850nm IR to 10m/33ft, plus full-colour spotlight night vision
- field of view
- 180° diagonal