Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

AI

UGREEN’s smart home hubs put an AI data center in your kitchen to protect your privacy

Putting privacy on a pedestal — if you can afford it.

UGREEN’s smart home hubs put an AI data center in your kitchen to protect your privacy

UGREEN, a company specializing in smart home technology, has introduced three new smart home hubs that bring a powerful AI data center right into your kitchen. These hubs offer network storage, video recording, and local AI processing, eliminating the need to send voice commands to cloud-based AI services like Google's Gemini.

Unlike devices such as Google Home, which send voice data to the cloud for processing, UGREEN's smart home hubs perform all voice command processing locally. This local processing capability means that users can enjoy enhanced privacy and have more control over their data.

The hubs are equipped with substantial NVIDIA AI silicon, providing users with the ability to leverage advanced AI capabilities directly within their homes. This means that users can benefit from a more feature-rich, accessible, and proactive smart home experience without the need for constant cloud-based AI processing.

While the idea of a more feature-rich and accessible smart home system is appealing, there are growing concerns about the reliance on cloud-based AI. Some shoppers are hesitant to adopt these systems due to privacy concerns and the associated costs of using subscription-based cloud services for advanced camera functionality and storage.

UGREEN believes it has found a solution to these concerns with its innovative smart home hubs. By bringing a powerful AI data center into the home, UGREEN aims to address privacy issues and reduce subscription costs, making smart home technology more accessible and user-friendly for a wider range of consumers.

Written by urgent.news from Android Authority's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

This story

This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.

Read the original at androidauthority.com →

More in AI

Why are AI companies buying books?

AI companies are buying used books to help train their large language models. As part of a copyright settlement earlier this year, courts ruled that buying physical books and destroying them for AI…

More from Thursday 3 September →