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UGREEN Is Getting Into the Smart Home Business
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### UGREEN is trading chargers for smart homes
If you’ve ever felt the sting of a monthly subscription fee just to watch your own doorbell camera footage, UGREEN has some news for you. The company, known mostly for its reliable cables and chargers, is officially pivoting into the smart home ecosystem with a heavy dose of local AI.
Their new “HomeAgent” lineup is designed to kill the cloud dependency. Instead of sending your data to a massive server farm to be processed, these hubs—ranging from the entry-level HA100 to the beastly, NVIDIA-powered MasterAgent—keep everything on your local network. This means faster recognition of pets and packages, better privacy, and, most importantly, no more recurring monthly bills for storage.
But they aren’t just playing with smart hubs. UGREEN also unveiled:
- The MagFlow Line: Liquid-cooled wireless chargers that use a tiny micro-pump to keep your phone from turning into a pocket heater.
- Smart Hardware: A suite of cameras, an ePaper smart frame, and a smart speaker for their “Uliya” assistant.
- Major Moves: A new partnership with the New England Patriots to cement their presence in the North American market.
It’s a bold move from an Amazon staple to a serious smart home contender. Whether these hubs can truly replace the Nest or Ring giants remains to be seen, but the promise of “privacy without a subscription” is a very tempting pitch.