New Release Kasa APP 3.0
2022/12 Update
Update the URL of Kasa APP to the official app version
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Now we are delighted to announce the breaking news that Kasa APP is about to get a major update with multiple amazing changes to the UI and interactions. Before the official release on App Store and Google Play, we invite you to participate in the community trial of the Kasa APP 3.0. Please install the Kasa APP 3.0 via the following link:
Note:
1. You could stop testing the APP trial at any time by removing it directly and then download the official APP via App Store or Google Play.
2. How to use Testflight on iPhone: https://testflight.apple.com/.
New Features and UI Enhancement:
More Powerful Home Page
- Active Scenes with a single tap
- Reorder ALL Devices by its product category, let the most important devices show up first.
- Next Event
See what’s the next event that’s going to happen in the home page.
Home and Room Features
Managing multiple smart devices is now easier than ever with new Home and Room Settings in the Kasa APP.
- Home: create Homes for smart devices at different locations and manage them separately.
- Room: create rooms and organize your devices in separate rooms.
There you can put the most-used devices in Favorites section and find out your favorite devices immediately.
Improved Smart Action
Automate your life with more powerful Smart Action settings.
- Featured Smart Actions: the previous Smart Action feature now displays in cards format for easy setup. It also provides some preset routine actions to match your daily routines.
Now 64 Smart Action rules are supported in the Kasa APP 3.0 ~~
- Scenes: the new Scene allows to you perform an action with a simple tap. In additional to control one or a group of smart devices like the previous Scene, you can also enable or disable a Smart Action rule. The current Scene feature now has two options
- Enable/ Disable Smart Action
- Control Smart Devices
If you would like to set up a new Scene to control your kasa device(s):
Step1: click + on the right top to add a new Scene> select Control Smart Device> Add Action
Step2: select a smart device > choose device status like ON/OFF/ set a ' On' duration (turn ON for a certain period of time)/turn ON/OFF(switch the current status) etc.
Step3 : add more smart device and choose device status
Step4: create a name and then save the settings.
- Smart Actions:
In smart actions, you can use a smart device or Time as the Trigger to control other smart devices.
By setting up a trigger (When trigger happens) and an action (Then execute the action) , you can start an automated life and unlock more smart action scenarios.
Helpful Me Profile
The previous settings sidebar moves to Me page at the bottom of the Kasa APP. Here you can easily check and manage the app related settings like managing your TP-Link ID, setting up Alexa or Google third-party services, updating device firmware etc.
Let's explore what's new the Kasa APP 3.0 has brought to us. Welcome to download and share your experience with us. Any feedback is highly appreciated.
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Welcome to Feature Request Board for Kasa-- Popular Kasa Requests included
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Kasa tech support confirmed local control not an option any longer. A cloud account is necessary to operate devices I purchased for use in my own home. What a sham. I now own two devices that have been rendered useless. If they were a stand up company, I would receive a full refund. We all know how that will turn out.
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The new Kasa APP 3.0 still has the option to control your device locally even there is an internet outage.
We appreciate your feedback in regard to the TP-Link ID, indeed previously a few models of Kasa plugs can be controlled without TP-Link ID, as we recently learned this will be phased out to guarantee your device security. TP-Link ID is now required to log in the Kasa app and manage your kasa devices, and the device will receive the most recent firmware and security updates.
If you wish to control device local only not to the cloud, you may consider the workaround like blocking internet access for the smart devices by setting up some access rules in the router or create a different Wi-Fi SSID that has no internet connection, for example, if you have an old AP, connect the kasa devices to the SSID of the AP then disconnect the Internet connection for that AP.
If you still have concern in the account or prefer to get a refund, we encourage you to contact the retailer first or reach our support team via support email TKID221006458 directly so that they can help take a look into your concerns further for your personal situation.
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Hello everyone,
10/11 The OP has updated the URL to the Android Kasa 3.0.3 Beta APP.
Feel free to leave your feedback about this new version ~
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Share Your Feedback
If you'd to provide feedback with the new APP, kindly Start a new Thread or leave your comment below.
Please provide some information here for us to look it further:
1) the current Kasa APP version (confirm your Kasa APP is up-to-date in the APP store or Google Play)
2) the photos of the settings and error message, if possible, please provide a video shared link of the phenomena
3) model of your mobile device and its Andriod or IOS version
For Android users, if you would like to report an issue with the app, please help collect the app log and share the log file with us
Here are the steps to collect the log:
1. Open the app and try to reproduce the problem.
2. After the problem is reproduced, click About, and hold the Kesa icon for about 5 seconds, the log will be imported to the mobile phone directory-TPLINK folder.
3. Open the mobile phone file manager to find the folder, and send all the files in the folder to us.
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Fixes and Topics
- 10.19 [Solution]New Kasa App broken for iPhone iOS 16 users
- 10.6 [Solution] Scene does not work with the Andriod Kasa APP 3.0.2, error: ' This condition does not exist'
- 10.4 [Solution] Failed to update to Kasa App 3.0 on Android
- 9.28 [Solution] Smart Action & Scene settings are gone in the Kasa APP 3.0
Please Start a new Thread to report an issue or share your feedback.
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The Google Play release of 3.0 has utterly horrible discovery times for devices that never existed prior - it takes upwards of 10-12 seconds of sit-and-spin before power controls become available. Somehow this has been fixed in between that release and the 3.0.3 beta in this thread. TP-Link - please explain what exactly was done to fix this and how it got cocked up in the first place. You have some highly technical people (developers, sysadmins, etc.) in your userbase, myself included, and we would appreciate a proper explanation.
Some timeline on when you'll be releasing the fixed version to Google Play, and answers as to what you'll be doing to prevent these kind of issues from recurring in the future (after many years of seemingly unchanged proper functionality before this).
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Hello @YoureUninvited
Really appreciated that you shared the experience with the Android 3.0.3 beta in the first time, as learned the APP will be on rolled out soon after the app is approved to work correctly from our customers, please kindly keep an eye for the app update information in the Google play. You will found the app release note when the app officially comes out.
The Kasa app V3 contains some major updates which make the app more helpful in the long run, I believe with more patch-versions, the app will become more useful and stable and for our users.
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@Solla-topee can you make the previous version available? This new 3 - even if it becomes function, looks bloated.
It lacks function for minimal 30seconds. Claims my network is unstable. Has way too much gobblitygoock than I care to sort through. Previously the Kasa app was intutive and ...worked. I have on old device I'm not allowing to upgrade, I'd like to have access from other devices, but this new thing seems to focus on appearance over function.
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Hello @djk
May I know do you use the OS of your mobile device, recently Kasa APP 3.0.3 will come out soon, you could check if the new app will work for you.
In the case of an old network device not allowing upgrading or working better in the previous version.
For the Android, you should be able to download the previous version Andriod Kasa APP from some third party websites like the apk mirror.
For the IOS, there does not seem to be an easy way to revert to the previous version, you may consult the IOS support and see if they have any suggestions.
The app will get better with the more revised versions coming out, I still recommend trying out the new version Kasa app for better performance in the long term.
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@Solla-topee Mis-understandind, I am what won't allow devices to "upgrade".
It is likely there is a possibility it may, eventually, improve... right now I really need a functional, intuitive app. Given the overwhelming number of users struggling, I'd like the option of version 2.x available!
Someday, maybe all the bloat might work - but they're my devices and I want control now.
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@Solla-topee New app on IOS is horrible. Open app and it just sits there for a minute. Takes 2-3 minutes for my numerous Kasa switches to show up and be functional. Had no problems with the previous app version. Fix this now. I have tried deleting the app, reinstalling the app, clearing cache etc. Still app is slow to load, crashes, takes for ever for all my switches and plugs to come up etc.....
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The good-app, old-app, functioning-app would work over the local network aka LAN.
While updating my router, not connecting to the inthernet... I've discovered this "new" app won't work without connecting via the internet -bad idea!
This likely explains the lag and delay for it to become functional. What if inteternet access isn't always fully available? True, it's likely a minority of users... but what's up with that?
Still never told us how we can go back to the working v2
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