UGREEN invited me out to Boston this week to attend its Smart Living Launch Event, and while I went into the event familiar with the company for its chargers, hubs, NAS products, and other tech accessories, I left seeing a much bigger picture of where UGREEN wants to go next.
On September 1, UGREEN hosted the event at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where the company officially revealed its entrance into the AIoT space. At the center of that announcement was UGREEN HomeAgent, a new smart home ecosystem built around local AI, storage, security, and whole-home control.
There was a lot announced during the event, but HomeAgent was easily what caught my attention the most. This isn’t simply UGREEN putting AI into another product because AI happens to be the big thing right now. The company’s approach revolves around keeping much of that intelligence inside your home rather than constantly relying on the cloud.
UGREEN’s AIoT Strategy Starts With HomeAgent
UGREEN describes its AIoT vision around three main ideas: local intelligence, whole-home control, and an open ecosystem.
HomeAgent is where those ideas come together. Instead of having separate systems handling your home security, files, photos, smart devices, and AI processing, UGREEN wants HomeAgent to serve as a central hub capable of connecting them all.
The system combines local storage and local computing with support for UGREEN’s own products and compatible third-party smart-home devices, which I am extrmely intereted on what those devices will be. Matter support also plays an important role here, allowing compatible devices from outside the UGREEN ecosystem to be brought under HomeAgent’s whole-home controls.
More importantly, HomeAgent is designed to work through natural language.
UGREEN calls its AI assistant Uliya. Rather than digging through different applications every time you want something done, the idea is that you can simply talk to your home.
You could ask Uliya to control supported devices, tell you the current status of something in the house, or pull up information about a previous event. HomeAgent can also create voice notifications for things such as a package being delivered or a baby crying.
That’s where UGREEN’s idea of a “living local intelligence” starts to make more sense to me.
Local AI Means Your Data Can Stay in Your Home
One of the biggest parts of UGREEN’s HomeAgent pitch is privacy, which for the majority of people is a big deal
Files, photos, surveillance footage, device activity, and other information can be stored locally. AI recognition and processing can then happen directly on HomeAgent instead of requiring that information to constantly be sent to the cloud.
There is also no monthly fee for the local storage. That immediately addresses two things I think people will care about when looking at an AI-powered smart-home system: where their information goes and whether another subscription is required.
HomeAgent’s core functionality is also designed to continue operating over your local network when your internet connection goes down. UGREEN says security features, smart-home voice controls, file storage, and file management can continue working locally without an active internet connection.
That local-first approach may end up being one of HomeAgent’s biggest advantages and allow it to move more units.
HomeAgent HA100 Is Part AI Hub, Part NAS, and Part Smart-Home Controller
The starting point for the ecosystem is the UGREEN HomeAgent HA100.
On the hardware side, the HA100 features three-bay SATA storage, a 2.5GbE network port, 4K 60Hz HDMI output, an SD 3.0 slot, USB-C, and USB-A.
Inside is a Rockchip RK3588 processor delivering 26 TOPS of AI performance.
UGREEN demonstrated several ways that local processing can be used beyond simply controlling a light or checking a security camera.
The system can recognize people, vehicles, pets, and packages. It can identify unusual activity, summarize recorded events, and allow users to search their surveillance history using keywords.
Instead of scrubbing through hours of footage looking for something specific, for example, you could search for something along the lines of “a man in a blue shirt.”
That’s a much more practical use of AI than simply attaching the word to a product’s name.
AI Highlights Might Be My Favorite HomeAgent Feature
Of everything UGREEN showed, AI Highlights is one of the features I personally find the most exciting and the thing that made me sit up in my seat.
HomeAgent can analyze long-term recordings and recognize moments that might actually be worth saving. That could include a family gathering, playing with a pet, a birthday, or another moment that happens naturally around the house.
Those clips can then be automatically selected and turned into Highlight Moments videos inside the UGREEN NAS App. HomeAgent can also identify highlights from your photo library and send memories to UGREEN Gallery smart frames.
As a man with a family, this is the type of technology that immediately makes sense to me.
The best family moments happen in a blink. Normally, if my phone isn’t already out and recording, that moment is simply something we remember. Pulling out the phone can also mean I’m suddenly watching the moment through a screen instead of actually being part of it. The possibility of HomeAgent recognizing and preserving some of those moments means I could still be present with my family while potentially having something to revisit later.
Of course, how well the system recognizes what is actually meaningful will ultimately matter. AI deciding something is a “highlight” doesn’t automatically make it one. My wonder is, will the AI learn the more I use it? Can it tell when something is worth remembering based on how my family and I react to it on any given day? This is where culture could play a major part in its learning. What may seem like a highlight in one family may not be a highlight in the next. Still, the idea behind the feature is one of the most interesting applications of HomeAgent that UGREEN showed.
HomeAgent HA100 Pro Takes a Big Step Up
For users who need considerably more AI performance, UGREEN is also launching the HomeAgent HA100 Pro.
The difference between the two models is pretty substantial.
While the standard HA100 uses a Rockchip RK3588 and delivers 26 TOPS, the HA100 Pro uses a CIX P1 (CP8180) and increases AI performance to 205 TOPS. Network connectivity also jumps from 2.5GbE to 10GbE. The additional processing power allows UGREEN to move beyond basic voice commands, device control, and object recognition.
The HA100 Pro is designed for deeper semantic understanding, device control and automation rules, and recognition of both objects and behavioral intent. UGREEN also says users will be able to create rules through voice commands and have devices respond based on greater contextual understanding.
Then There’s the UGREEN MasterAgent MA100
If the HA100 Pro is the more powerful HomeAgent, MasterAgent MA100 is UGREEN taking the concept to another level entirely.
UGREEN calls the MA100 the first agentic local AI hub powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000.
It delivers up to 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS of local AI computing performance, giving the system enough power to run larger models, understand more complex context and intent, and coordinate multiple AI devices and tasks.
Developers will also be able to expand MasterAgent through packages and skills using UGREEN’s developer platform. The performance comes with a price to match.
UGREEN SynCare Cameras Feed Into the Ecosystem
HomeAgent isn’t being introduced alone.
UGREEN also revealed its new SynCare camera lineup, consisting of the Indoor Cam ID500 Pro, OD600 Pro Outdoor PoE Camera, and Battery Cam OD800 Pro. The SynCare PoE Cam OD600 Pro gives us a particularly good look at how UGREEN’s hardware and HomeAgent intelligence are supposed to work together.
It uses a 4K + 3K + 3K triple-camera configuration and includes motion-activated spotlight night vision, starlight night vision, and an IP66 rating.
When connected with HomeAgent, local AI can recognize people, vehicles, pets, and packages, send alerts about unusual activity, provide event summaries, and make recorded footage searchable.
UGREEN also showed the SynCare Battery Cam OD800 Pro paired with a solar panel for outdoor installations. Certain AI features across the cameras will require HomeAgent, so these products make the most sense when viewed as pieces of the larger ecosystem rather than completely separate announcements.
UGREEN Gallery Brings Those Memories Back Into the Home
Another interesting piece of the ecosystem is UGREEN Gallery, an E-Paper Smart Frame.
Instead of HomeAgent simply storing all those AI-selected memories somewhere on a drive, Gallery gives the ecosystem somewhere to surface them around the house. It may sound simple, but this really is a smart idea in my opinion
UGREEN also announced a dedicated Smart Speaker for Uliya, providing another way to interact with HomeAgent through voice commands.
The complete ecosystem UGREEN announced includes the HomeAgent HA100 and HA100 Pro, MasterAgent MA100, SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro, SynCare PoE Cam OD600 Pro, SynCare Battery Cam OD800 Pro, UGREEN Smart Speaker for Uliya, and UGREEN Gallery.
UGREEN HomeAgent Pricing and Pre-Orders
Okay, lets talk numbers. This is were things get very interesting, and was amongst the whispers at the event. Pre-orders for the HomeAgent HA100, HA100 Pro, and MasterAgent MA100 open September 3, 2026.
Customers can place a deposit starting at $50 to secure UGREEN’s Super Early Bird pricing at 50% off MSRP, which was mind-blowing for me when it was announced.
That brings the HomeAgent HA100 to $899, compared with its $1,799 MSRP.
The HA100 Pro will have a $2,999 Super Early Bird price, compared with its $5,999 MSRP.
And the big boy, the MasterAgent MA100 drops to $9,999, compared with its $19,999 MSRP.
You can visit the UGREEN AIoT HomeAgent pre-order page to lock in those prices before it’s too late if this is the AI system for you
The rest of the ecosystem is scheduled to join the Kickstarter campaign beginning October 27.
UGREEN showed Early Bird pricing of $89 for the SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro ($149 MSRP), $159 for the SynCare PoE Cam OD600 Pro ($269 MSRP), and $199 for the SynCare Battery Cam OD800 Pro ($399 MSRP).
UGREEN Gallery will have a $299 Early Bird price compared with its $439 MSRP, while the UGREEN Smart Speaker for Uliya will be $69 compared with a $99 MSRP.
As with any crowdfunded hardware, those prices are worth looking at alongside the usual considerations that come with backing products before their full retail launch.
Christian Gonzalez Becomes UGREEN’s Global Brand Ambassador
I also want to note that UGREEN also used the event at Gillette Stadium to announce New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez (one of the best Defensive Backs in the NFL) as its new Global Brand Ambassador. Unfortunately for me, Christian was not able to attend, but it was a cool announcement nonetheless. I bleed Dallas Cowboys blue, but it would have been cool to be able to meet the All-Pro corner.
Gonzalez will highlight how UGREEN’s AIoT ecosystem can be used by families for home security, daily routines, and preserving family moments.
UGREEN Is Making a Much Bigger Bet on the Smart Home
What stood out to me after seeing all of this firsthand is just how far beyond UGREEN’s traditional accessories this announcement goes. HomeAgent isn’t simply a new NAS, security camera platform, or smart speaker. UGREEN is attempting to connect all of those categories and place local AI in the middle of them.
There are still plenty of questions that will ultimately be answered by actually using these products. How accurately will AI Highlights identify meaningful moments? How natural will Uliya feel during everyday use? How smoothly will third-party Matter devices work? And will the advantages of the HA100 Pro justify its significant jump in price for most households?
Those are things a presentation can’t fully answer.
But the concept itself is interesting, particularly because UGREEN is putting such a heavy emphasis on local processing instead of making the cloud responsible for everything.
I’m thankful to UGREEN for inviting me out to the event. It was great getting to see firsthand what the company believes the future of AI in the home could look like.
Whether HomeAgent ultimately delivers on all of those ideas will come down to the hardware and software once people actually get their hands on it. For now, though, UGREEN has made it pretty clear that it wants to be known for a lot more than chargers and accessories.
