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Ugreen's new smart home ecosystem is built around local AI hubs

Ugreen has three new hubs that run your smart home with local AI rather than the cloud. The top model runs on Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform and costs $20,000.

  • Hardware
  • Source: Engadget
  • Published: 2026-09-03
  • Signal score: 4
  • 23 sources

Editor's take

Ugreen is introducing a line of smart home hubs designed to process AI tasks locally, moving away from cloud-dependent operations. The flagship device, powered by Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform, signals a significant investment in on-premises AI for consumer electronics.

This development is crucial as it addresses growing concerns about data privacy and the latency inherent in cloud-based smart home control. By enabling local processing, Ugreen aims to offer a more secure and responsive user experience, potentially setting a new standard for high-end smart home infrastructure, especially for users prioritizing granular control and offline functionality.

The $20,000 price point for the Jetson Thor-equipped hub suggests this is initially targeting prosumers or enterprise applications rather than mainstream households. Future iterations and the adoption rate by other manufacturers of similar local AI hardware will be key indicators of whether this approach can scale down to a more accessible consumer market, and how this impacts the established cloud AI providers.

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