How to use Amazon Frustration-Free Setup with Tapo devices

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Updated 06-07-2021 06:31:50 AM FAQ view icon17371

1. What is Frustration-Free Setup?

Amazon Frustration-Free Setup can help connect and set up Tapo smart devices in fewer steps, without having to remember and re-enter your Wi-Fi password on each device.

To use this feature, confirm the following:

● The new Tapo device supports Amazon FFS.

● You have an Amazon FFS enabled Alexa device or router.

● You have saved your Wi-Fi information to Amazon by using Alexa echo.

● Your Tapo device and router are on the same network as your Alexa echo.

 

2. How to use Amazon Frustration-Free Setup with Tapo devices

1). Open the Amazon Alexa app. Then tap More and select Skills & Games.

 

2). Enter Tapo in the search bar and choose Tapo

   

3). Tap the ENABLE TO USE button.

 

4). Log in with your TP-Link ID that has bound to your Tapo device, and tap Authorize. After authorized successfully, the message Tapo has been successfully linked will come up.

   

5). Plug in your Tapo device and the setup will complete automatically in two minutes.

For setting up more Tapo devices, just plugin and enjoy!

 

Done!

If this device displays on the Home page in the Tapo app, it indicates this device has been successfully associated with your Amazon account and joined your Wi-Fi network automatically.

If this device does not display on the Home page in the Tapo app, try setting it up manually. (Tap the + button on the page, select your device model, and then follow the app instructions.)

 

3. What does the LED indicate on Tapo device?

● For Tapo plugs that support Amazon Frustration-Free Setup

LED

Status

Blinking orange and green

Ready for setup

Blinking green

FFS setup in progress

Solid green

Working properly

If the LED does not turn solid green after a long time, you can try to add manually. (Open the Tapo app, tap the + button on the page, select your device model, and follow the app instructions. )

 

● For Tapo cameras that support Amazon Frustration-Free Setup

LED

Status

Blinking orange and green

Ready for setup

Blinking orange

FFS setup in progress

Solid green

Working properly

If the LED does not turn solid green after a long time, you can try to add manually. (Press the Reset button on your Tapo device once. Then open the Tapo app, tap the + button on the page, select your device model, and follow the app instructions. )

 

4. What devices can help me set up my Tapo devices and connect them to my Wi-Fi?

Echo (2nd Gen and newer), Echo Dot (2nd Gen and newer), Echo Show, Echo Show 5, Echo Spot, and Echo Input, as well as select Fire TV devices and Fire tablets, can act as helper devices that create a simple setup network to support new device setup. Select routers such as TP-Link A7 can also act as frustration-free setup helper devices.

 

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