The pitch lands with me: one box that’s a NAS, a Matter hub, and a local Qwen model answering voice commands without a cloud round-trip. That’s the stack I’d assemble anyway, minus three power bricks and a weekend. Jetson Thor with 128 GB is genuinely interesting silicon for a local model that isn’t a toy.
Then I see 1,800 dollars entry, drives extra, up to nearly 20,000 at the top. That’s not hardware pricing, that’s a bet on Ugreen maintaining UGOS Pro for years, and there’s no track record yet. I’d rather keep my mismatched boxes, where a dead vendor costs me nothing. The Kickstarter starts 27 October with up to 50 percent off; even then I’m not pre-ordering an OS on faith.
The story — At IFA, Ugreen showed the HomeAgent HA100, HA100 Pro and MasterAgent MA100: cube-shaped consoles combining NAS storage, security-camera recording, and a Matter smart-home hub. A local Qwen-based assistant, “Hey, Uliya,” understood German and English and controlled blinds and lights on the stand. Chips range from a Rockchip RK3588 to Nvidia Jetson Thor with 128 GB RAM. Prices run 1,800 to nearly 20,000 US dollars, drives extra. (Source)