Anker MindBase: Giving Your Home a Brain

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If you’ve ever wondered why your smart home still feels surprisingly dumb, Anker thinks it has an answer. At IFA 2026 in Berlin, the company has unveiled Anker MindBase™, a new local AI home hub designed to become the central brain of an autonomous home.

The idea is pretty straightforward: instead of having dozens of smart devices operating independently cameras here, sensors there, smart lights somewhere else, Anker MindBase™ brings them together, gives them a common source of intelligence and, importantly, keeps that intelligence inside your home.

Anker describes the system around three pillars: connectivity, computing and memory. In other words, Anker MindBase™ is intended to connect your devices, understand what’s happening and remember what happened without routinely sending that information to the cloud. And that could be a pretty big deal.

The smart home needs to get smarter

We’ve had “smart” home devices for years, but there’s often very little intelligence connecting them together.

A security camera can tell you that it sees someone. A motion sensor can tell you that something moved. A smart light can turn on. But what if those devices could work together? That’s the direction Anker is taking with Anker MindBase™. The company says the hub can connect its security, energy, cleaning and audio ecosystems into a single local intelligence network. It supports nearly 100 Anker devices, along with hundreds of Matter-compatible products from other manufacturers.

It also isn’t trying to replace everything you already use. Anker MindBase™ is designed to work alongside platforms including Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Home Assistant.

There’s even a migration path for existing HomeBase S380 (Ad) users, with Anker saying existing footage can be transferred to MindBase. The bigger ambition, however, is what happens after everything is connected.

An AI agent that lives in your home

At the heart of MindBase is Anker TrueSmart™ Agent, the company’s on-device AI system.

It’s powered by an integrated AI Core compute card capable of 26 TOPS of computing performance, with a large language model developed by Anker. The important bit isn’t simply the number of TOPS.

It’s where the processing happens. Rather than sending every request, video clip or event to a remote server, Anker MindBase™ MindBase is designed to process information locally. That means the system can perceive what’s happening, make decisions and take action without relying entirely on an internet connection or a cloud AI service.

Anker is calling this an Agent architecture, and the company plans to expand it over time. The first agents will include a NAS Agent and a Security Agent, with additional agents planned for areas such as energy management and cleaning. That’s where the concept starts to become particularly interesting. Instead of buying another smart device every time you want another feature, the idea is that the intelligence inside your home can keep expanding.

Your own private home server

The other major piece of MindBase is Anker EverSafe™ Memory. Think of it as a NAS or personal home server built into the same system.

Anker MindBase™ MindBase can provide up to 48TB of expandable local storage, giving it somewhere to keep photos, recordings, files and data generated by your smart-home devices. That local storage also opens up some interesting possibilities.

Anker says you can use natural-language searches to find moments in security footage, automatically create highlight reels, organise files and analyse photos and videos. So instead of digging through hours of camera footage looking for a particular event, you could theoretically ask the system what you’re looking for.

And because the processing and storage can happen locally, your personal footage doesn’t need to leave your home just to perform those tasks. For a smart home increasingly filled with cameras and microphones, that’s an important distinction.

MindBase’s first job: protecting your home

Anker’s first real-world application for MindBase is security. The Anker MindBase™ Security Kit combines the new hub with several security products, including the upcoming eufy TrackLight™ Cam S1, Video Doorbell S4, Smart Security Shield and various entry and motion sensors.

The TrackLight Cam S1 is particularly interesting. It’s an active-deterrence camera combining 4K video, 180-degree dual-radar detection and an automatically tracking light. Rather than simply recording an intruder and sending you a notification, the system is designed to actively respond. That’s where the Security Agent comes in.

Instead of treating every detected movement as an alert, Anker MindBase’s AI agent is intended to assess what’s happening in real time and determine an appropriate response. That response could involve simply observing, switching on lighting, issuing a verbal warning or escalating to active deterrence.

The goal is essentially to move security cameras from “something happened” to “something is happening, and I’m doing something about it.”

The Smart Security Shield adds another layer

Anker’s Smart Security Shield is designed to sit around the edge of your property. Its 180-degree dual-radar system can detect people from up to 15 metres away, while Anker’s DSKey digital credential system can identify recognised family members from up to 30 metres away.

That combination could help Anker MindBase™ distinguish between someone approaching your property and someone who actually belongs there.It’s an important part of Anker’s vision of proactive security: detect first, understand second and respond appropriately.

There are More Agents Coming

Security is apparently only the beginning. Anker says it plans to introduce additional MindBase-powered agents, including an Energy Agent for managing household power and a Clean Agent for cleaning-related devices. That could eventually turn MindBase into something considerably more ambitious than a security hub.

Imagine your home understanding when energy demand is high, coordinating appliances, recognising that nobody is home and adjusting systems accordingly, all without every decision being routed through a collection of cloud services. That’s the autonomous-home idea Anker is ultimately chasing. Whether it can deliver on it remains to be seen, but the architecture makes sense.

Anker’s other new security hardware

MindBase isn’t the only thing Anker and eufy are showing at IFA 2026.

eufy Video Doorbell S4

The eufy Video Doorbell S4 combines a wired video doorbell with a security camera and offers a 180-degree panoramic view designed to eliminate blind spots.

It uses eufy’s OmniTrack™ AI-powered human detection to keep visitors and couriers in frame, while a 9-megapixel sensor and 3K video provide the imaging. There’s also colour night vision, and the doorbell works with Alexa, Google Assistant and eufy HomeBase S380 (Ad). It’s due to arrive in late September, starting at $299.99 including the Chime.

eufy NVR Security System E50

For anyone looking for a more traditional, always-on security setup, the eufy NVR Security System E50 is already available. The system combines an 8-channel NVR with hybrid bullet PTZ cameras featuring both a fixed 2K wide-angle lens and a motorised 4K PTZ lens. The system can expand from eight to 16 channels, while a pre-installed hard drive can be expanded to 16TB. OmniTrack auto-framing, cross-camera tracking and AI-powered video search are designed to make managing continuous recordings considerably easier.

Pricing starts at $999 for a four-camera system, or $1,199 with a 2TB hard drive.

eufy Window Camera E10

For renters and apartment dwellers, the eufy Window Camera E10 takes a slightly different approach. Rather than mounting a camera outside, it attaches to the inside of a window using a mounting sticker. A 25-degree adjustable tilt and anti-reflection optics are designed to minimise glare and reflections, while the camera records in 2.5K and performs AI detection locally. It’s priced at $69.99 and is expected later this year.

eufy Fall Detection Sensor

Anker is also targeting another practical security problem with its eufy Fall Detection Sensor. The non-wearable sensor uses millimetre-wave radar to detect falls, with intended installation in places such as bedrooms and bathrooms. It also supports two-way communication, providing another way to check on someone when an emergency is detected.