Tapo S500 v1.2
Actively updated reasonably evidenced
firmware is arriving about as often as it always has
9 days since the last release against a median gap of 600 (0.0x)
- Last firmware
- 20 September 2026 (9 days ago)
- Releases seen
- 3
- Update rhythm
- about every 2 years
- Support observed
- ≥3 years
- Vendor's promise
- no support period we can evaluate
- Patch latency
- not measurable — its changelogs name no CVE ids
Which one do I have?
TP-Link ships this model in more than one hardware revision, and they do not share firmware. The revision is printed on the label on the underside, usually after the model — Ver 1.0, V4.6. Getting it wrong is the easiest way to read the wrong answer here.
- Tapo S500 v1.26 (US) Not enough evidence 2 releases
- Tapo S500 v2.6 (US) Gone quiet 1 releases
Firmware history
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Tapo S500(US)_V1.20_1.4.1 Build 260825 20 September 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Enhanced device stability and security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Tapo S500(US)_V1.20_1.2.0 Build 230906 18 October 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.34
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Enhanced stability and performance. 2. Enhanced local communication security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Tapo S500(US)_V1.20_1.1.8 Build 230413 9 June 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.46
Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Added support for Auto-off Timer that always helps you cut off power to the connected devices at a set time to save energy. 2. Enhanced stability and performance. 3. Fixed some minor bugs.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
One archived page sits behind this record, the earliest read on 1 August 2026. Everything above was read from it, and each is kept byte for byte so it can be checked after the vendor edits the original.
Identifiers: marketing_name Tapo S500
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.