Ugreen is expanding beyond its familiar chargers, cables and network-attached storage products with a new smart home ecosystem centred on locally processed artificial intelligence. The company’s HomeAgent and MasterAgent hubs are designed to provide advanced automation and security features while keeping sensitive household information away from cloud servers.
Ugreen HomeAgent Brings Local AI Into the Smart Home
The new ecosystem is built around three AI-powered smart home hubs, supported by indoor and outdoor security cameras, a smart speaker and an electronic picture frame.
Privacy is central to Ugreen’s strategy. Rather than depending heavily on cloud computing, its hubs are designed to process AI workloads locally, potentially giving households greater control over personal information and security footage.
The HomeAgent lineup starts with the HA100, which supports rule-based household automation, object recognition and smart device commands.
The more powerful HA100 Pro adds motion analysis and the ability to infer behavioural intent. Users can also create automation rules through natural-language voice commands.
HA100 Pro Offers a Major Performance Upgrade
The HA100 runs on the RK3588 platform with 16GB of LPDDR5 memory and provides a combined 26 TOPS of AI performance. It carries a retail price of $1,799, with introductory pricing of $899.
The HA100 Pro uses the more powerful CIX-CP8180(P1) system-on-chip and doubles memory to 32GB. It delivers 205 TOPS of AI performance and is priced at $5,999, or $2,999 under the introductory offer.
MasterAgent MA100 Targets Demanding AI Applications
At the top of Ugreen’s lineup is the MasterAgent MA100, a significantly more powerful home hub designed for users who want to run demanding AI models locally.
The MA100 uses Nvidia’s Jetson Thor platform, a Blackwell-based system-on-module equipped with 128GB of unified memory. Ugreen says the system can deliver up to 2,070 TOPS of AI performance.
That computing capability comes at a substantial price. The MasterAgent has a retail price of $20,000, although introductory pricing reduces the cost by half.
Ugreen argues that running AI models locally could lower recurring cloud inference and storage expenses. However, the high upfront cost may restrict the hubs primarily to enthusiasts and consumers willing to pay a significant premium for privacy and local processing.
Matter and ONVIF Compatibility Included
All three hubs support ONVIF and Matter-compatible devices out of the box. Ugreen also plans to introduce Zigbee and Thread compatibility, potentially expanding support across a wider range of smart home equipment.
Official Home Assistant support is currently unavailable, which could be a drawback for advanced smart home users who already rely on the platform.
Like Ugreen’s NAS products, the hubs include storage bays requiring users to provide their own SATA hard drives. M.2 and SD card slots are also available, along with HDMI, Ethernet and multiple networking connections.
A working HomeAgent demonstration showed successful control of smart curtains and lighting. More advanced capabilities, including voice-based automation rule creation, were not demonstrated.
SynCare Security Cameras Focus on Local Privacy
Ugreen is also introducing three SynCare security cameras: the Indoor Cam ID500 Pro, PoE Cam OD600 Pro and Battery Cam OD800 Pro.
The cameras provide AI-powered capabilities such as facial recognition and package detection. Unlike many cloud-dependent security platforms, Ugreen’s approach is designed to process this information locally.
The company says remote access will use end-to-end encryption, while locally stored information will be protected using AES-256 encryption.
A demonstration of the facial-recognition security system showed a camera issuing increasingly strong warnings when an unidentified visitor approached private property before eventually triggering an alarm.
Ugreen also sees its cameras serving a broader household role by capturing candid family moments and using AI to identify highlights. While keeping recordings within the home network could address some privacy concerns, continuous recording may still be uncomfortable for some consumers.
The ID500 Pro is priced at $149, the OD600 at $269 and the OD800 Pro at $399. Introductory prices are $89, $159 and $199, respectively.
Uliya Voice Assistant Connects Ugreen Devices
Ugreen’s smart home voice assistant is called Uliya. Its accompanying Smart Speaker features an elongated, fabric-covered design with an LED ring around the base.
In addition to playing audio, the speaker functions as a voice interface for HomeAgent. Users activate the assistant with the wake word “Uliya” before issuing commands to compatible devices.
The Smart Speaker has a retail price of $99, with introductory pricing of $69.
Another product in the ecosystem is Ugreen Gallery, a 13.3-inch colour E-Ink picture frame with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Rather than operating as a full smart display, it currently focuses on showing photographs with an appearance intended to resemble physical prints.
The Gallery is priced at $439, with introductory pricing of $299.
Ugreen Bets on Privacy-Focused Smart Home AI
Ugreen’s expansion into AI-powered home technology represents a major departure from its traditional accessories and storage business. The strategy centres on giving users advanced smart home capabilities without requiring sensitive household data to be routinely processed in the cloud.
Local AI could prove attractive to privacy-conscious consumers, including Canadian households increasingly adding connected cameras, speakers and automation devices. However, the substantial hardware costs and limited demonstrations of some advanced features leave questions about the ecosystem’s broader appeal.
For technically inclined users willing to invest in powerful local computing, Ugreen’s platform offers an alternative approach to cloud-dependent smart homes. Its long-term prospects will ultimately depend on real-world reliability, device compatibility and whether the benefits of private local AI can justify the premium price.
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