KD110 Lost in the Muck
Recently had a lengthy discussion with tech about the TD110 Doorbell not functioning properly in the TAPO App which is found and allowed to be installed by searching for KD110. Tech told me that it was not possible and the Kasa Home App needed to be used. Upon setting up a Kasa Home account, it was determined that after creating an account Kasa Home App, with its own unique password, my TAPO App log-ins criterias were also changed to match the KASA Home log-in criteria, thus taking all my camera's offline. That meant the TAPO and KASA App were one of the same. Tech support had no knowledge of this crossover and stood fast that the Apps were different until after numerous emails to tech and finally making a video of the difunctional interactions did higher-up tech management finally agree that they needed to do a better job updating tech support.
After more in-dept communications with upper-tech management, be it known, the problem we were having with TD110 was it does allow the ability for one button, open line, 2-way flowing conversation between the doorbell and the smart phone. This actually makes a remote conversation with a visitor impossible as it works more like a walkie-talkie...button "ON" to talk and button "OFF" to listen.
Kasa's final tech solution was to buy a TAPO Doorbell D130, which happens to be no longer available for purchase anywhere. From the TP-LINK website, if a purchase is attempted from the D130 page, you are redirected to an Amazon page that promotes RING. This was as of today: 2.22.24: https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/cloud-camera/tapo-d130/
Not real sure what's going on at TP-Link with TAPO and KASA, yet it's easily described as the right-hand does not know what the left hand is doing. And there appears to be no forward movement or announcement to align and make the two products compatible, nor resolve the cross-over issues except to redirect customers to an out-of-date technology that is understanbly no longer available.
We were highly impressed with the TAPO cameras and their quick and easy install. Quality was quite acceptable too. Now, it appears to get a homogeneous product with cameras, a doorbell that functions intelligently all in one APP...we will need return the TAPO/KASA procts purchased and installed, then to go to Ring or Google to get the product we had hope to have found in TP-Link's solution.