In an age when digital clutter is as much a problem as digital security, Synology’s new BeeStation Plus aims to tackle both—wrapped in a plug-and-play form factor meant for everyday users. Announced at COMPUTEX 2025, the BeeStation Plus is an upgraded version of the original BeeStation, designed with higher capacity, faster performance, and smarter features. Whether you’re managing family photos or handling media-heavy creative projects, BeeStation Plus promises to be a reliable digital hub that lives in your home—but behaves like a private cloud.
What’s New With BeeStation Plus?
While the original BeeStation focused on simplicity and ease of use, the BeeStation Plus adds the power that families and small teams have been asking for. With 8 TB of onboard storage and significant performance upgrades—up to 4.8x faster desktop sync and 3.8x faster web uploads over the earlier 4 TB BeeStation—this version is clearly meant to support heavier workloads. Synology claims mobile photo backups are also up to 2.6x quicker, which should appeal to users syncing large volumes of images from devices like the iPhone 15 Pro.
These gains don’t require you to be an IT professional. Synology’s goal with the BeeStation lineup has always been about democratising storage: providing a self-hosted alternative to public cloud services, minus the learning curve traditionally associated with NAS systems.
A Unified Vault for Your Digital Life
Central to the BeeStation Plus experience is consolidation. It acts as a single destination for all your digital assets—photos, documents, schoolwork, media, and more. Whether your data is spread across cloud services, external hard drives, or multiple laptops, everything gets pooled into one searchable, shareable library.
AI features run locally, so your photos can be automatically tagged by face or subject without data ever leaving the device. This emphasis on privacy is one of the BeeStation’s core strengths, as is its ability to function as a genuinely useful smart assistant in the background—organising, syncing, and backing up your digital life automatically.
Built-in Plex Support: Your Personal Streaming Server
One standout feature that should resonate with media enthusiasts is the built-in Plex Media Server integration. This turns the BeeStation Plus into a private Netflix of sorts. Users can store their entire library of movies, TV shows, and home videos, then stream them directly to TVs, phones, tablets, or laptops. Remote streaming and some enhanced Plex features do require a Plex Pass subscription, but the foundation for a personal media server is solid and doesn’t need additional setup. This is particularly handy for families or creative professionals who maintain their own archives of video content and want easy access across devices, at home or on the move.
Data Safety
Synology’s BeeStation Plus also leans heavily into data protection. It supports snapshot-based restore points, giving you the ability to roll back in case something goes wrong—whether that’s a file deleted by mistake or a ransomware event. And to complete the 3-2-1 backup strategy (three copies of data, two local, one offsite), Synology throws in a free three-month subscription to its BeeProtect cloud backup service. Data is encrypted end-to-end, ensuring that only you can access your files, even if something happens to the hardware. It’s an elegant balance of local control and remote redundancy, making enterprise-style backup routines accessible to home users and small teams.
Availability and Pricing
The Synology BeeStation Plus is available globally starting today via Synology’s official website and authorised partners. Pricing varies by region, but the added performance and included software features make it a strong contender for anyone seeking a private cloud experience without recurring subscription costs or complex setup procedures.
For users who want the convenience of cloud services without the privacy compromises, Synology’s BeeStation Plus is a compelling middle ground. It’s faster, more capable, and still user-friendly. With its focus on media streaming, seamless backup, and local AI-driven photo organisation, the BeeStation Plus is well-suited for homes, families, and creative teams alike. If you’re looking to reclaim control of your digital life, this little black box might just be the simplest way to do it.
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