This is a feature request, for all future non-battery cameras.

Before I continue with writing feature request for TP-Link's future cameras, let me tell you one of the features available in my car's dashcam. I had installed a dashcam inside my car. Instead of hard-wiring to the car's fuse box, the dashcam was connected to the car's USB port. When I stop my car's engine, the power to the dashcam will be cut. But, my car dashcam has built-in rechargeable battery, not for the purpose of recording videos, but for the purpose of saving recorded videos into microSD card and perform proper shutdown. The capacity of built-in battery only enough for the dashcam to save videos and perform proper shutdown. Each time, when I stop my car's engine, the dashcam will not be powered off immediately. Instead, the dashcam will save those unsaved videos into microSD card, then perform proper shutdown.

Now, talk about my feature request.

All future non-battery powered cameras by TP-Link, should, just like my car dashcam, have a backup battery. The backup battery can be capacitors, or rechargeable lithium battery.

With built-in backup battery, when the power outage occur, or when the power to the camera was cut, the camera can do the following:

1. Save unsaved recorded videos into local storage (e.g. microSD card).

2. If network still available, send notification to tell device owner about power outage, and possibly send last recorded video. If network not available, the camera still can log the power outage event to its internal storage, and notify the device owner next time after the camera reboot again.

3. After doing the above, the camera can perform proper shutdown.