Anker was founded in 2011 by Steven Yang in Shenzhen, Guangdong, but the company soon moved its headquarters to Changsha, Hunan.

[3] In early 2014, Anker Innovations hired Zhao Dongping, Google's then-head of sales in China,[3] who eventually became president in 2020.

Anker products are also now sold in big box stores such as Best Buy, Target and Kohl's.

However, security researcher Paul Moore found out that images and videos were uploaded to Eufy's servers leased through AWS.

[14] In December 2022, The Verge reported that Eufy had drastically changed its 'privacy commitment' page, removing many of their previous statements on the privacy aspects of its cameras.

However, the Chinese parent company's UK-incorporated subsidiary Anker Technology (UK) Limited still displays a privacy policy dated 27 June 2023[17] and does not respond to enquiries about the loss of access to the Eufy app.