Anker’s new MindBase is an AI-powered brain for your smart home

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="The Anker MindBase offers a local solution for advanced AI processing of camera footage and is a smart home hub that supports Matter. | Image: Anker" data-portal-copyright="Image: Anker" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Anker-MindBase_Lifestyle-image.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The Anker MindBase offers a local solution for advanced AI processing of camera footage and is a smart home hub that supports Matter. | Image: Anker </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anker is launching <a href="https://www.eufy.com/?ref=header">the Eufy MindBase</a>, a local AI hub for its security cameras that runs an on-device, Anker-developed LLM, which the company says can process your footage without it ever leaving your home. It's also announcing a handful of other smart home security products at the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, including the TrackLight Cam S1, the S4 video doorbell, and a window camera.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pitched as the "central brain for the home," the MindBase is not just for Eufy security cameras; Anker is positioning it as a whole-home connectivity solution with on-device compute and local storage. Security is the first use case, but the company plans …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/987936/anker-eufy-mindbase-ai-security-camera-system-matter">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>