Ugreen launches HomeAgent hub to run smart homes locally

In short: Ugreen announced HomeAgent, a new smart home system that aims to keep your camera video and assistant features inside your home, not on the internet.

What happened

Ugreen, a company best known for chargers, power banks, and home storage boxes, launched a new smart home platform called HomeAgent at the IFA 2026 tech show.

The centerpiece is a HomeAgent hub, a single box meant to act like the “brain” of your smart home. Ugreen says it can do three jobs at once, it works as a NAS (a home storage box that sits on your network like a private hard drive), it stores security camera recordings like a DVR for cameras, and it runs an AI assistant directly on the device.

That built-in assistant is called Uliya. Ugreen says you can talk to it in normal language to control smart home devices and automations (set routines, like turning off lights and locking doors at bedtime). It can also help with camera features like tracking a person across multiple cameras, sending alerts for things like people, vehicles, pets, packages, and answering questions like “where is my pet now?”

Ugreen says HomeAgent is offered in three hub configurations. The company is also showing a higher-end model called the MasterAgent MA100, which uses an NVIDIA Jetson Thor platform, a powerful computer board designed to run AI on the device.

Why it matters

Many smart home systems send video and commands to company servers, which can raise privacy worries and add monthly subscription fees. A local-first setup is more like keeping your files in a safe at home instead of a storage unit across town, but it may also mean paying more upfront for the hardware.

Source: The Verge AI