TP-Link has started selling the Tapo T150 in Poland. The Polish press release went out on 28 October 2026, a week after the sensor launched in South Korea on 22 October. The price is about 150 zł, with a two-year warranty.
Most mmWave presence sensors on the market need mains power, because the radar runs constantly. The T150 runs on two AAA batteries, and TP-Link rates it for up to three years on a set. It does that by not talking over Wi-Fi: the sensor uses an 868 MHz sub-GHz link to a Tapo hub, which TP-Link says also gets through walls better.
What it measures
The "5-in-1" label covers presence, motion, temperature, humidity and ambient light. Presence detection combines a 24 GHz mmWave radar with a PIR sensor and reaches up to 6 m. The radar is meant to pick up small body movements, so it can tell that someone is still sitting in a room, which is the usual failure of PIR-only sensors that switch the lights off on a person reading on the sofa.
TP-Link says the radar learns the room layout and filters out fixed objects such as furniture. In the Tapo app you can draw detection zones and exclusion areas by distance, so the sensor ignores a ceiling fan, curtains moving near a window, pets or a robot vacuum. There is no camera or microphone, which TP-Link pitches as a reason to put it in a bedroom or bathroom.
The housing is IP55 rated and measures 70.2 x 39.2 x 33 mm. It comes with a magnetic swivel stand, adhesive tape and screws.
The hub catch
The T150 does not work on its own. Full operation, and Matter, needs a Tapo Smart Hub: the H100, H200 or H500. The hub exposes the sensor to Matter controllers, and TP-Link lists Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and Samsung SmartThings. Inside the Tapo app it can drive Tapo Smart Actions, for example turning on a light only when someone is present and the light level drops below a threshold, or switching a Tapo plug with a fan or humidifier when bedroom readings leave a set range. Measurement history and notifications are free in the app.
TP-Link does not say which Matter device types the hub will expose for the T150. Whether presence, temperature, humidity and illuminance all show up as separate entities in a given controller is something to check before buying several.
For anyone who already has a Tapo hub, the T150 is a cheap way to get radar presence in rooms without a socket in the right place. Anyone building around Zigbee or Thread should note that this is a proprietary sub-GHz radio, so the sensor only reaches other platforms through the Tapo hub.