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  "id": 5426655,
  "title": "UGREEN's new smart home platform keeps your AI and storage local, no cloud required",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ugreens-new-smart-home-platform-keeps-your-ai-and-storage-local-no",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T22:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/ugreen-homeagent-smart-home-local-ai-storage/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UGREEN has introduced a new smart home platform called HomeAgent, which focuses on local storage and AI processing, eliminating the need for cloud connectivity. The platform includes a range of devices, such as compact HomeAgent hubs, security cameras, a smart speaker, smart displays, and a more powerful Nvidia Jetson-based system. According to Tom's Guide, the hub acts as a traditional NAS drive and serves as the brain of the home, analyzing security camera footage, photos, and videos, and can even create highlight reels.\n\nThe HomeAgent system includes a voice assistant called \"Uliya,\" which allows users to control everything with their voice. Android Authority reports that the system processes voice commands locally, unlike cloud-based AI systems like Google Home. The platform aims to address concerns about subscription prices and cloud-based AI, providing a more private and secure smart home experience.\n\nUGREEN's HomeAgent lineup offers varying levels of AI processing power, including heavy-duty NVIDIA AI silicon. According to XDA Developers, the company is making a significant foray into AIoT with this platform, which marks a departure from its previous products like chargers, docks, and network-attached storage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Ugreen’s ‘HomeAgent’ is a local AI smart home ecosystem for its new line of cameras, more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ugreens-homeagent-is-a-local-ai-smart-home-ecosystem-for-its-new-line",
        "published": "2026-09-03T22:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "Forget Alexa — UGreen wants you to use its new local AI assistant to control your smart home",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/forget-alexa-ugreen-wants-you-to-use-its-new-local-ai-assistant-to",
        "published": "2026-09-03T22:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "UGREEN’s smart home hubs put an AI data center in your kitchen to protect your privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ugreens-smart-home-hubs-put-an-ai-data-center-in-your-kitchen-to",
        "published": "2026-09-03T22:00:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}