Overview
- Anker unveiled MindBase at IFA in Berlin on Thursday, pitching it as an on-device AI home hub with a 26 TOPS AI Core compute card, an in-house LLM called the TrueSmart Agent, and two-bay expandable storage that supports up to 48TB.
- MindBase is billed as a Matter 1.5 controller and will interoperate with Apple HomeKit Secure Video, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Home Assistant, Thread, Zigbee, and hundreds of Matter devices.
- Anker also announced a MindBase Security Kit and new cameras and sensors, including the TrackLight Cam S1 and Video Doorbell S4, with some companion products priced and dated while MindBase itself has no revealed price or ship date.
- The hub supports multi-camera setups and migration from existing HomeBase S380 units, and its TrueSmart Agent can evaluate events in real time to trigger observations, lighting changes, verbal warnings, or active deterrence.
- The product frames privacy and local control as its selling points after past Eufy privacy issues, but MindBase’s modest compute and automated security actions raise trade-offs about when automated responses should act and what user controls will be needed.