UGREEN HomeAgent: $899 local AI hub for the smart home

UGREEN unveiled HomeAgent, a standalone smart home hub with a built-in local LLM called Uliya that processes commands without the cloud. It supports Matter, Thread and Wi-Fi, and offers three SATA bays plus an M.2 NVMe slot. Kickstarter crowdfunding starts in October 2026 at $899, retail from $1799, shipping in late January 2027.

• Base HA100 model: 16 GB RAM, 26 TOPS NPU and 64 GB eMMC
• Super Early Bird price is $899 with a $50 reservation, retail from $1799
• Supports Matter, Thread and Wi-Fi, plus Philips Hue, Aqara and Govee devices
• Two NAS bays and one NVR bay for camera footage, runs UGOS Pro