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Ugreen’s HomeAgent combines a NAS, a security camera NVR, and an on-device AI assistant in one box, maxing out with a $9,999 Nvidia Jetson Thor version.

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This NAS company wants to run your local smart home
Ugreen’s HomeAgent combines a NAS, a security camera NVR, and an on-device AI assistant in one box, maxing out with a $9,999 Nvidia Jetson Thor version.
Ugreen’s HomeAgent combines a NAS, a security camera NVR, and an on-device AI assistant in one box, maxing out with a $9,999 Nvidia Jetson Thor version.
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Ugreen’s HomeAgent H100 Pro hub combines local storage, on-device AI, and a new voice assistant, Uliya, to run your smart home.

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Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home — in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its
HomeAgent smart home platform
that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home control in one system, managed by a voice assistant called Uliya, with the promise that everything runs locally.
At the core of Ugreen’s HomeAgent system is a hub that acts as the brain of your smart home, running a local-first AI (with some caveats) that you can interact with using natural language via Uliya. You can choose from three hub configurations, each of which Ugreen says stores all data locally and processes video footage on-device, keeping it local and private without monthly subscription fees. Albeit at a higher upfront cost.
Ugreen’s MasterAgent MA100 hub is a NAS and smart home hub in one. Powered by a Nvidia Jetson Thor T5000 platform, it has up to 2,070 TFLOPS of AI performance. It will probably cost a fortune.
The big pitch is that your data never needs to leave your home, addressing two key smart-home concerns: privacy and recurring subscriptions. Ugreen says its powerful AI runs on the hub, providing features like cross-camera tracking, smart alerts for people, vehicles, pets, and packages, and live status questions such as “where is my pet now?”
There’s also AI-powered video search and text descriptions of events, along with natural language voice control of smart home devices and automations. Along with local storage of your camera footage, the system can store personal files, including music, movies, and photos, just like a NAS.
All this comes without monthly storage fees for video footage that are common with popular cloud-based solutions, such as Amazon’s Ring and Alexa and Google’s Nest cameras and Gemini for Home.
The HomeAgent HA100 will launch with early-bird pricing of $899, increasing to $2,999 for the HA100 Pro and a whopping $9,999 for the Nvidia-powered MasterAgent MA100 model. The systems will launch on Kickstarter in October, after which Ugreen suggests that pricing will roughly double.
The SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro
The battery-powered SynCare Cam OD800 Pro. Both cameras record footage locally to the HomeAgent hub.
The Ugreen app for HomeAgent
The idea of combining your digital home and life on a single hub that uses local AI to store, manage, and run everything is gaining traction. Companies like SwitchBot, Reolink, and Aqara have made moves in this space, and this week at IFA,
Anker launched a similar product
called the Eufy MindBase.
Both systems use the Matter smart home standard to incorporate smart home devices from different brands. I visited Ugreen’s booth at IFA and got a hands-on demo, where I controlled Nanoleaf lights alongside smart blinds with voice commands to Uliya via the HomeAgent hub.
The Ugreen smart speaker runs its own voice assistant, Uliya
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The HomeAgent hub is a Matter controller and will support third-party devices using Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth, NFC, ONVIF/RTSP, and PoE. Ugreen says it will publish a device compatibility list, which is currently fairly small and includes devices from Aqara, ThirdReality, SwitchBot, and Eve. In theory, any Matter device should work, but the first phase supports only lights, switches, sensors, and curtains — and the company advises sticking with products it has approved.
Ugreen is also launching a smart speaker to run Uliya, along with a line of security cameras: the SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro, the SynCare POE Cam OD600 Pro, and a battery-powered SynCare Cam OD800 Pro. A unique integration is with Ugreen’s new E Ink Spectra-powered digital photo frame that can display your photos stored on the hub, which again need never go into the cloud.
The MasterAgent hub. Each hub has an SD card slot and an interactive screen, along with volume buttons and Uliya voice control built in.
The rear ports on the HomeAgent HA100 Pro
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The three versions of the HomeAgent hub offer increasing levels of compute for more advanced processing and broader AI-powered features:
The HomeAgent HA100 can execute simple, basic rule-based automation and control using specific voice commands; the HomeAgent HA100 Pro adds semantic and context-aware understanding; and the MasterAgent MA100 version brings the highest level of local compute power via an NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000 platform.
While everything can run locally on the HomeAgent, features such as push notifications and remote viewing of your security camera footage require internet access. There is also an option to use the cloud for the Uliya voice assistant.
Keeping all your data inside your home, while still enjoying the benefits AI can bring to managing your smart home and digital life, is a compelling idea. Whether Ugreen’s Home Agent succeeds will depend on how well it integrates with what you already own and how easy it is to set up and use.
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1. Ugreen’s HomeAgent and Eufy’s EdgeAgent pitch local processing and no monthly fees for core functions as the counter-position
2. Ugreen’s HomeAgent adds a local-first version of the same concept: a voice assistant called Uliya embedded in a hub and companion smart speaker, with natural-language control of devices and automations
3. The Verge’s IFA 2026 hands-on describes Ugreen’s HomeAgent as a hub that stores camera footage and personal files locally, processes video on-device and runs a Matter controller across Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth, NFC, ONVIF/RTSP and PoE
4. It offers cross-camera tracking, smart alerts for people, vehicles, pets and packages, AI video search with text event descriptions, and natural-language control through Uliya
5. The pitch is explicitly aimed at two complaints about cloud platforms: recurring subscription fees and data leaving the home
6. Ugreen’s three tiers are priced at $899 early-bird for the HA100, $2,999 for the HA100 Pro and $9,999 for the MasterAgent MA100 on an Nvidia Jetson Thor T5000 with up to 2,070 TFLOPS of AI throughput, with pricing expected to rise after the Kickstarter launch
7. The hub stores and processes locally, but push notifications and remote viewing require internet access, and there is an option to use the cloud for the Uliya voice assistant
8. Matter support is real but limited in phase one: only lights, switches, sensors and curtains are supported, and the company advises sticking to an approved compatibility list including Aqara, ThirdReality, SwitchBot and Eve
9. the 2026 product wave sells the same capabilities as local, one-time, no-monthly-fee hardware
10. Ugreen HomeAgent demonstrates the converging form factor: local storage, on-device AI, Matter control and no monthly storage fees, with high upfront cost and limited initial device support
11. Remote viewing and push notifications still require internet, and local-first operation has caveats
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