Choosing a UGREEN HomeAgent for Your Home and Your Next AI Project
You have the camera footage. Somewhere. The family photos you meant to organize are sitting in another app. Adding more smart home devices can also leave you with more small tasks to manage.
UGREEN’s answer combines storage, camera management and local AI in a box that stays at home. The UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 is the starting point for everyday household use. HomeAgent HA100 Pro adds more advanced voice interaction and automation, while MasterAgent MA100 provides the computing power and development capabilities for more ambitious local AI projects. The price differences are significant, so it is worth looking closely at which capabilities you would actually use.
HA100 for Everyday Requests and Easier Camera Searches
Say you live alone or with a partner in an apartment or small townhouse. You have a camera at the front door, a few smart lights and a growing collection of photos and files that need somewhere to live. You are already settled into an armchair when you realize the living room light is still off. HA100’s Uliya assistant can respond to a direct request to turn on a supported light.
You can also ask about a camera view with a question such as, “Hi Uliya, is my pet in the bedroom now?” Specify the room and what you want to know, and home AI begins to serve a much clearer purpose than another general-purpose chatbot.
For older footage, the UGREEN NAS App offers two AI features that help users find relevant content more quickly. AI Event Summary automatically summarizes key events captured in recorded footage. AI Keyword Search lets users search for specific visual details, such as “blue jacket,” instead of repeatedly scrubbing through the timeline. When used with SynCare cameras, HA100 can recognize people, vehicles, pets and packages.
UGOS Pro brings these camera tools together with file storage, backup and smart home controls. Its 16GB of memory and 2.5GbE port suit that home-server role. If your wish list mainly includes storing files, reviewing camera events and controlling supported devices with explicit commands, HA100 is the place to start.
HA100 Pro for a Larger and Busier Smart Home
Now picture a family of four in a two-story suburban house with three or four bedrooms, a driveway and a backyard. There may be cameras covering the front door, driveway, backyard and a child’s room, along with connected lights, curtains and sensors spread across the house. As more devices spread across more rooms, opening several apps or configuring every action manually can become a project of its own.
This is where HA100 Pro starts to make sense. It lets users create supported automation rules through voice requests. Instead of controlling one device at a time, you could ask Uliya to create a supported routine for a family movie night or for when everyone leaves home.
HA100 Pro is best suited to smart home enthusiasts, larger households and users managing a growing collection of connected devices. Its 205 TOPS of AI performance and 32GB of LPDDR5 memory provide additional capacity for more demanding local AI services. Its 10GbE network connection and faster NVMe expansion also make more sense in a home that transfers large amounts of data.
At a $2,699 Super Early Bird price, HA100 Pro is difficult to justify for someone who only wants to store files or check a single camera, though each completed purchase includes a complimentary ID500 Pro. It becomes more compelling when the system needs to coordinate a busier home, handle more demanding local processing and serve several household members at once.
MasterAgent MA100 for Building a More Customized Home AI System
A large house alone does not justify MasterAgent MA100. Even a family living in a five-bedroom home may be better served by HA100 Pro if all they need is camera management, storage and smart home automation.
MA100 is designed for a different kind of buyer. Imagine an AI engineer or software developer who works from a dedicated home office and wants to do more than use the features included with the system. The home may contain multiple cameras, many connected devices and a large local data library, but the deciding factor is the owner’s plan to develop new AI capabilities around them.
MA100 is powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000 and delivers up to 2,070 TFLOPS at sparse FP4 precision. That makes it a better fit for AI developers, advanced smart home enthusiasts and users who have a defined project involving larger local models or highly customized household workflows.
At a $9,999 Super Early Bird price, MA100 makes sense when its AI hardware and development capabilities are central to a concrete project, with four 8TB hard drives included as a complimentary gift with each completed purchase.
Reservation Prices and Expected Delivery
Reservations are available through October 26, 2026, on the UGREEN AIoT Official Store. Paying the deposit unlocks a Secret Reward Link for the Super Early Bird offer. Starting November 17, follow that link and use the same email address to select a reward and complete your pledge on Kickstarter. The deposit alone does not purchase the product, and customers can request a refund before the campaign ends.
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