Anker used its IFA 2026 keynote in Berlin to unveil MindBase, a local AI hub the company says will act as the central brain of the connected home, tying together whole-home connectivity, on-device processing and local storage in a single box. It lands as part of the same wave of announcements in which Anker confirmed it is folding eufy, soundcore, SOLIX and eufyMake into one unified Anker brand, and MindBase looks very much like it is meant to be the flagship product of that new identity. If you want the full story on the rebrand and everything else Anker announced this week, we have covered that separately.
Anker says MindBase brings together three things. EasyOmni Link handles connectivity, pulling in close to 100 existing Anker devices plus hundreds of Matter-compatible products from other brands, while also working alongside Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Home Assistant. TrueSmart Agent is the compute layer, an AI chip Anker built in-house and rates at 26 TOPS, running a large language model locally so its AI agents can plan and act without sending anything to the cloud. EverSafe Memory is the storage side, effectively turning MindBase into a home NAS with 64GB of onboard storage plus two drive bays supporting up to 48TB combined, letting you search footage and files with natural language without any of it leaving the house.
Looking at you home lab people.
None of that comes with a price or a release date. Anker has confirmed MindBase exists and roughly how it is meant to work, but pricing and availability are being held back for a later announcement.
The MindBase Security Kit is the first real-world application Anker is putting behind the hub, and it is built entirely around home security. It pairs MindBase with the upcoming eufy TrackLight Cam S1, an outdoor camera with 4K resolution and 180-degree dual-radar detection paired with an auto-tracking light, alongside the newly refreshed eufy Video Doorbell S4, a Smart Security Shield, and a set of entry and motion sensors.
Anker says the security-specific AI agent inside MindBase runs entirely on-device, watching for events in real time and escalating its response through observation, lighting, verbal warnings or active deterrence depending on what it detects. The Smart Security Shield, a sensor meant to sit at the edge of the garden, uses dual radar to spot strangers from up to 15 metres away, while a digital credential system called DSKey is supposed to recognise family members from as far as 30 metres. Those are Anker’s own figures rather than anything independently tested, so treat them as a manufacturer’s claim rather than a guarantee. There is no price or launch date for the kit either.
The rest of the announcement is a wider refresh of eufy’s security camera lineup, and this is where prices start to appear, just not always for Ireland.
The eufy Video Doorbell S4 gets a 180-degree panoramic field of view along with AI-powered tracking that keeps couriers and visitors in frame, and it is the one product here with a confirmed Irish release. It is available from eufy.com/ie and Amazon.ie for €329.99, with 15% off between 4 and 30 September.
The eufy NVR Security System E50 is an 8-channel network recorder pairing fixed 2K wide-angle lenses with motorised 4K pan-tilt-zoom lenses on the same mount, expandable to 16 channels and 16TB of storage. It is on sale now in the US, Canada and Australia, with 4-camera kits starting at $999 and 8-camera kits with a 4TB drive going up to $1,899, but there is no Irish or UK date yet.
The eufy Window Camera E10 is a compact indoor-mounted camera aimed at renters and apartments, sticking to the inside of a window with anti-reflection optics and 2.5K recording. It is priced at $69.99 and due later this year, again without a confirmed Irish release.
The eufy Fall Detection Sensor uses millimetre-wave radar to spot falls in bathrooms and bedrooms without a wearable, and supports two-way communication, though Anker has not given it a price or release window at all.
Anker is pitching all of this as local-first and subscription-free, processing sensitive data on-device rather than in the cloud. Worth flagging though, the same press release includes a footnote admitting that optional or premium features may still require a monthly subscription, so “no subscription” is doing a bit of heavy lifting depending on which features you want to use.
