A display shows various UGREEN smart home devices, including a photo frame, clock, camera, plugs, and sensors under the text “UGREEN AIoT Ecosystem.”.

UGREEN Smart Living Launch Event, Part One — local intelligence for your home

September 8, 2026/Jan Wagner/
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Recently UGREEN flew me and other journalists to Foxborough, Massachusetts for their Smart Living Launch Event at Gillette Stadium — home of the NFL’s six-time Superbowl Championship-winning New England Patriots.

A group of people walk through a wet parking lot toward Gillette Stadium on a cloudy day.
People walk into a modern glass building with large “UGREEN” signage and a digital display above the entrance, featuring the New England Patriots logo and the phrase “Smarter Living Starts Here.”.
People stand in line at a registration desk with a large “UGREEN Smarter Living Starts Here” banner in the background at an indoor event.
Exterior of Gillette Stadium with New England Patriots’ Super Bowl banners and a UGREEN Smart Living event advertisement displayed in front.

Founded in 2012, UGREEN has grown to become a global-leading consumer technology company. Built around four product categories, namely smart charging and creative products, smart office products, smart audio and visual products, and smart storage products, its business covers over 180 countries and regions, serving more than 300 million users.

Flying from San Diego to Boston was to be my very first flight since 2019, before COVID, but my trip nearly ended before it even began. When I arrived at San Diego International Airport, I learned that my non-stop flight to Boston had been cancelled, due to not having a flight crew! The best that could be booked were two later flights with a long stopover in Phoenix, Arizona.

A black and white Aladdin Airport Parking shuttle bus is shown, with service and contact details for shuttle pick-up listed below.
Airport departures board showing several flights to Atlanta and Austin as departed, with a Boston flight at 8:25 AM marked as cancelled.
Aerial view of a coastal city with beaches, ocean waves, a pier, and densely packed buildings along the shoreline under a blue sky.
A blue sign at an airport reads “Welcome to Phoenix” with Alaska Airlines and oneworld logos. Passengers are seated in the background.
Phoenix Airport Museum Gallery entrance with colorful art displays, framed photos, paintings, and a glass display case visible in a spacious, well-lit area.
A colorful animal sculpture and a sign celebrating 35 years of museum exhibitions at the Phoenix Airport Museum are displayed in an airport terminal.
Three-panel mural shows people walking with baskets in a desert landscape with cacti and mountains; some figures appear above the clouds while others walk among cacti on rocky ground.
Exhibit at Phoenix Airport Museum features Canyon Records, with a large black-and-white photo, display cases, and a “Sounds Like Arizona” sign.
A Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album sits on display, with a plaque describing the recipient Canyon Records and the winning album “People of the Willows” from 2002.
Display of Phoenix, Arizona-themed apparel, mugs, and souvenirs in an airport gift shop, with shirts, sweatshirts, and plush toys on tables and racks.
A display of Phoenix-themed travel mugs, tumblers, decorative tiles, a Route 66 sign, and a “Locally Inspired” suitcase sign in a gift shop.
PHX Sky Train sign on a metal wall, with a blue overhead sign giving directions to rental cars, Terminal 4, economy parking, Valley Metro, and elevators.
A Delta airplane sits at an airport gate with three PHX Sky Train cars traveling on an elevated track in the background.
A view through glass shows a curved road with cars, parking lots, and buildings, with a city skyline and mountains in the background.
People sit and stand with luggage inside a train or tram, looking out large windows at railway tracks and a bridge structure ahead.
Posters announce the 2027 PHX Sky Harbor Terminal 3 expansion, highlighting new gates and choices, with renderings of the updated terminal and airport.
Construction vehicles and equipment operate in front of a partially built, blue-wrapped airport terminal on a sunny day.
Aerial view of a desert landscape with scattered buildings and mountains, airplane engine visible in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.
View from an airplane window at night, showing the wing, engine, and city lights below.
Two American Airlines planes are parked at gates outside a brightly lit airport terminal at night, with ground crew and vehicles nearby.
Cutout of the Boston Celtics leprechaun mascot in front of a black-and-white photo of a basketball arena with “Boston Celtics” text on the left.
Cutout of New England Patriots mascot in front of a mural showing a football game and “NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS” text on the left side.
Blue wall mural displays significant Boston sports moments and athletes, including dates, events, and names such as Ted Williams, Mike Eruzione, Aly Raisman, and Bobby Orr.
A colorful outdoor table displays five plates of seafood dishes next to a yellow sign that reads, “Look what we have cooking. Boston never gets old. Plan your stay at meetboston.com.”.

I arrived at Boston Logan International Airport just before midnight. From there I secured ground transportation for the one-hour drive to my hotel in Foxborough, next to Gillette Stadium (fun fact: the highway signs say Foxboro, not Foxborough, for larger, easier-to-read lettering).

Sign in airport shows “Ride App” with left arrow, directions to B Terminal, and Parking. Escalator and windows are visible in background.
Cars line up in an indoor parking garage at a designated ride app pickup zone, with signage and a shopping cart visible in the foreground.
A view from inside a car driving through a tunnel, following other vehicles. Orange traffic cone and tunnel lighting are visible.
Green highway sign for Exit 19, US Route 1, indicating Foxboro and Wrentham are 1 mile ahead. The sign is illuminated at night.
Exterior nighttime view of Gillette Stadium, with its illuminated sign visible above glass windows and trees in the foreground.

By the time I got into my hotel room it was after 2AM — and I needed to be checked out and at the UGREEN group breakfast at 8AM!

At the Smart Living Launch Event, UGREEN named New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez its Global Brand Ambassador.

Exhibit booth with UGREEN branding, football jerseys, a cardboard player cutout, and electronics on display, set on a floor resembling a football field.
A framed New England Patriots jersey with the number 0 and “PATRIOTS” on the front, displayed next to a plaque for Christian Gonzalez.
A New England Patriots football with the team logo and NFL branding rests on a dark surface.
Three silver mini football helmets with red face masks, labeled “UGREEN,” are displayed in clear plastic cases on a black surface.

Addressing a growing consumer concern for privacy, UGREEN announced that they are moving “AI processing, storage, and device control into the home with its local-first HomeAgent ecosystem, reducing reliance on cloud services.” UGREEN HomeAgent is a powerful, sophisticated, local AI hub that unifies local storage, local computing and whole home control in one system, connecting UGREEN indoor and outdoor cameras, smart speakers, photo frames and more, as well as a growing range of third-party devices, creating an AIoT ecosystem that keeps learning and improving. UGREEN Home Agent is designed to activate household data, provide proactive assistance and protection, and keep users in control through a trusted local-first architecture for privacy.

Five panelists sit on stage discussing “Smarter Living Starts at Home,” with their names and titles displayed on a large screen behind them at a UGREEN event.

The ecosystem includes the UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 and HA100 Pro, UGREEN MasterAgent MA100, UGREEN SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro, UGREEN SynCare PoE Cam OD600 Pro, UGREEN SynCare Battery Cam OD800 Pro, UGREEN Smart Speaker for Uliya and UGREEN Gallery.

White UGREEN device with a digital screen displaying the time, date, and animated blue graphics, placed on a wooden surface.
A white UGREEN charging station is displayed on a wooden table alongside a small security camera and a black device, with informational cards placed nearby.
A UGREEN smart speaker is displayed on a stand next to an information card detailing its features, including dual-channel speakers, Bluetooth, and Hi-Fi audio.
Framed photo of a cityscape at night with the illuminated Tokyo Tower in the foreground and modern buildings in the background.
A promotional image for the UGREEN Gallery E-Paper Smart Frame lists features such as long battery life, slideshow mode, and a 13.3″ color e-paper display.

UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 combines on-device intelligence with storage, security, and device control in one hub. Users can talk to the built-in local assistant named Uliya and ask her — in plain, conversational English — to control supported devices, determine the whereabouts of a family pet, open or close connected window blinds, create voice notifications for events, issue increasingly forceful perimeter warnings for the security system and much, much more. Files, photos, surveillance footage and device activity can be stored locally and processed on HomeAgent with no monthly storage fee.

UGREEN believes that home cameras should be used for more than just security and surveillance, but also for recording the joys of everyday family life. HomeAgent proactively captures meaningful moments from live footage, identifies highlights in your photo library, and automatically creates highlight videos and displays them for you on UGREEN Gallery LCD Smart Frames. Local AI recognizes people, vehicles, pets, and packages, generates alerts for unusual activity, summarizes events and enables keyword search across recorded footage. With Matter support, HomeAgent brings compatible smart-home devices together for unified local control. Users can create custom automation scenes and coordinate multiple devices around the home with a single voice request, for a simpler, more intuitive experience.

A modern nursery with a crib, yellow giraffe chair, stuffed bear, and playful wall decor. Text on the wall says “Smarter Living Starts Here.”.
A UGREEN indoor camera in a yellow dog-shaped holder is placed on a white table next to a product info sheet and an electrical outlet.
Futuristic pet house with a green interior, built-in camera on top, and a double food bowl beside it, placed on a mat indoors.
A display area with artificial grass marked as “Monitor Zone” and “Warning Zone,” adjacent to a smart living and security AI exhibit with furniture and a plant.

UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 Pro has a newer generation set of Arm-based processors, significantly greater AI acceleration and more, to support faster network connectivity and more powerful AI performance. It enables more demanding AI workloads, deeper semantic understanding, voice-based rule creation, context-aware device control and advanced recognition.

A slide titled “Workload complexity impacts system design” shows layers for user experience, intelligence, compute, and system software components.
Table outlining Arm architecture innovation across versions v9.0-A to v9.4-A, describing compute and security feature enhancements in a timeline format.
A man stands in front of a presentation slide showing a product performance chart for UGREEN Home Agent and Master Agent hardware.
A circular diagram shows the “Arm innovation flywheel” linking software innovation, new user experiences, and architecture & compute in a continuous cycle.
Three UGREEN smart home devices are displayed with sale prices: HA100 at $899, HA100 Pro at $2,999, and MA100 at $9,999, each showing original prices above.
A display shows five UGREEN smart home products with images, names, and discounted prices on a purple gradient background.

UGREEN MasterAgent MA100 uses the NVIDIA® Jetson Thor™ T5000, for the most demanding AI workloads.

Following the speakers’ presentation, the event concluded with interactive product demos, displays and a guided tour of Gillette Stadium.

Part Two will be a review of UGREEN’s MagFlow Pro high-speed charging system, including the debut of the world’s first liquid-cooled Qi2 25W magnetic power bank, which provides active as opposed to passive cooling to effectively reduce heat build-up during high-speed charging. Also included will be highlights of the guided tour of Gillette Stadium.

Exterior of Gillette Stadium with New England Patriots’ Super Bowl banners and a UGREEN Smart Living event advertisement displayed in front.
Gillette Stadium with seats mostly empty, a large stage under construction, equipment and workers on the stadium floor, and a crane beside the stage.
Man wearing glasses takes a selfie at a large stadium under construction, with empty seats and cranes visible in the background.

Later that afternoon I took ground transportation back to Boston and then I flew back to San Diego.

Passengers sit inside a dimly lit bus during rainy weather, looking forward through the windshield at the city street outside.
Boston Park Plaza hotel entrance sign seen through a rain-speckled window, with raindrops visible on the glass.
Rainy street view of parked cars in front of The Halal Guys and Dave’s Hot Chicken; red patio seating and colorful storefronts visible through a water-specked window.
A counter-service seafood restaurant with a menu above, display case, drinks fridge, and staff member behind the counter. Signs advertise fish and chips, lobster rolls, and other seafood dishes.
Airport gate A19 display for Delta flight DL 571 to San Diego, scheduled departure 5:20 pm, currently at gate; partner flight AF 8905 also listed.
An Air Canada aircraft in retro Trans-Canada Air Lines livery is parked at a gate on a wet tarmac at an airport terminal, with ground equipment and jet bridge attached.
View from an airplane window showing a Lufthansa jet taxiing on a wet runway, with the wing of the photographer’s plane visible in the foreground.
Aerial view of a coastal town with a red and white lighthouse, marina, and curving shoreline extending into the water.
View of an airplane wing and winglet above a layer of clouds with a blue sky in the background, taken from a passenger window during flight.
Rows of airplane seats with seatback screens displaying flight information, viewed from the aisle under blue cabin lighting.
Night aerial view of city lights seen through an airplane window, with the plane’s wing and engine visible in the foreground.

UGREEN products are available through leading retailers, including Walmart, Best Buy and Costco. For more information, visit https://us.ugreen.com.

Four modern electronic devices, including chargers and smart accessories, are displayed on a black hexagonal stand with a green and white background.

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