Anker's Eufy MindBase runs an on-device LLM to analyze camera footage locally

A hub that keeps the AI in the house

Anker has announced the Eufy MindBase, a smart home hub that runs a large language model developed in-house directly on the device to interpret security camera footage. According to The Verge, the company says video handled by the MindBase never leaves the home. The hub was unveiled this week at the IFA tech show in Berlin alongside several new security products, including the TrackLight Cam S1 camera, the S4 video doorbell and a window camera.

Anker frames the MindBase as the "central brain for the home" rather than a security-only accessory. The Verge reports that while security is the launch use case, Anker intends to add further agents, including one for managing household energy and another for coordinating robot vacuums. Pricing and a release date have not been disclosed.

Local compute, Matter control

The MindBase pairs a dedicated AI chip with up to 48TB of expandable storage, which lets it process events on the device itself. According to The Verge, that enables features such as natural-language search across recordings and automatic event summaries without a monthly fee, along with smart alerts for faces, people, cars, pets and strangers.

The hub also acts as a Matter controller running Matter 1.5, with support for more than 40 Matter device categories spanning lights, sensors and HVAC equipment. Eufy Security spokesperson Janet Jin told The Verge that Matter-compatible third-party cameras are planned as well. Radios include dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Thread and Zigbee, and the device works with Apple's HomeKit Secure Video, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant.

On capacity, the MindBase supports 16 wireless cameras, four wired cameras and 34 sensors. A new Smart Security Shield sensor uses 180-degree dual radar for motion detection and can rely on a digital credential stored on household members' phones to recognize friends and family and cut down on unnecessary alerts.

Cameras, a doorbell and a fall sensor

One of the first products built for the MindBase is the Eufy TrackLight Cam S1, an active-deterrence camera with a light that automatically tracks subjects, plus 180-degree dual-radar detection and 4K resolution. It will ship as part of an Anker MindBase Security Kit, and the hub will also work with existing Eufy cameras such as the eufyCam S4.

The wired Eufy S4 video doorbell launches this week at $299.99. It records at up to 3K, covers a 180-by-180-degree panoramic field of view, and includes AI-powered tracking and auto-zoom, 64GB of onboard storage, Wi-Fi 6 and motion detection that combines radar with PIR sensors. Its most unusual feature is a viewing mode in the Eufy app that presents panoramic footage so users can look around a scene by moving their phone.

A $70 window camera, the E10, arrives later this year for people who cannot install cameras outside; it sticks to the inside of a window and records full-color night vision with on-device person and sound detection. Anker also previewed an mmWave-based Eufy Fall Detection Sensor with no price or release date yet. It mounts on a wall or ceiling, initiates a voice check after a detected fall or prolonged inactivity, supports two-way communication and requires no subscription for its self-monitoring features.

Why it matters

Most camera makers deliver their smartest features, such as natural-language search, summaries and face recognition, by sending footage to cloud servers, which usually means a subscription and a privacy trade-off. The MindBase attempts to match that feature set entirely on local hardware, which is a meaningful privacy pitch: the LLM analysis happens in the living room rather than a data center, and the household keeps control of the recordings.

Context matters here. The Verge notes that Eufy drew criticism a few years ago for advertising end-to-end encryption that its cameras did not always provide, and has since overhauled its systems around local storage and encryption. A hub like this is the strongest expression yet of that corrective course, though Anker's claims about fully local processing will need independent verification once the product ships. The unspecified price and launch date are open questions too, since dedicated AI silicon and tens of terabytes of expandable storage do not come cheap, and the appeal of a whole-home "brain" will depend heavily on where Anker lands.