This NAS company wants to run your local smart home
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. There are three hub configurations to choose from, each of which stores all data locally and processes video footage on-device, keeping it local and private and without monthly subscription fees. Albeit likely at a higher upfront cost.
Ugreen’s MasterAgent MA100 hub is a NAS and smart home hub...
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