Anker SOLIX is the residential and portable energy brand of Anker Innovations, a Chinese consumer electronics group. It covers balcony and home batteries such as the Solarbank, microinverters, smart meters and plugs, portable power stations, and EV chargers. Everything is set up and controlled in the Anker app.
SOLIX devices connect over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and are managed through Anker's cloud and app. For automation, Anker has added a local Modbus TCP interface on recent models, which you switch on in the app, and it publishes an official Home Assistant integration and an official Homey app that use it.
That suits people who want to feed Solarbank, smart meter and plug data into Home Assistant, Homey or evcc without the cloud. It is weaker if you want Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home or Matter, none of which we found, or if you own older models: the official integrations list only recent devices, and older ones rely on unofficial cloud tools.
Connection
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, plus local Modbus TCP
Voice assistants
Not found
Matter
Not found
Open platforms
Official Home Assistant and Homey apps, evcc and Modbus TCP
What can be connected
Home energy Solarbank batteries, smart meters, smart plugs and microinverters
Portable and backup SOLIX power stations, home backup units, Power Dock and Smart Generator 5500
Charging EV chargers, alternator charger and Prime power banks and chargers
The main app for SOLIX and other Anker power products. Remote output control, status monitoring, on and off, and over-the-air firmware updates, with recent additions including energy data export and Google sign-in. The listing is published by Power Mobile Life LLC and requires iOS 15.1 or later. It lists SOLIX power stations, Solarbank models, microinverters, smart plugs and meters, Power Dock and EV chargers. The Modbus TCP switch for third-party control is set in this app. The Google Play link uses the package name com.anker.charging shown on a third-party Android stats page, and we could not open the Play page itself.
An installer app for setting up, operating and maintaining SOLIX energy storage systems. Its App Store listing says it is restricted to professional installers and needs a pre-registered account. Published by Power Mobile Life LLC. We found no Android listing for it.
Official supported by the brandCommunity built by someone elseNot found searched, nothing foundUnconfirmed sources conflict or could not be opened
Platform
Status
What it means
Sources
Connection
Wi-Fi
Yes
The V1 Smart EV Charger page lists WiFi and Bluetooth control, with charging managed through the cloud when online. Home Assistant instructions for the Anker devices ask for a stable Wi-Fi connection.
Recent Solarbanks, the Smart Meter Gen 2 and the Smart Plug Gen 2 offer a local Modbus TCP interface, switched on in the Anker app under Three-Party Control Settings, which also shows the device IP. Anker says the Smart Meter Gen 2 and Smart Plug Gen 2 talk to Home Assistant locally with no cloud relay. The EV charger page also lists Modbus TCP for German grid-operator control under EnWG 14a.
Anker Innovations publishes and maintains an MIT-licensed Home Assistant integration on GitHub, installed through HACS rather than built into Home Assistant core. It uses local Modbus TCP on port 502 with no cloud, polls every 5 seconds, and lists Solarbank Max AC, Max, XE AC, XE, Solarbank 4 E5000 Pro, Smart Meter Gen 2 and Smart Plug Gen 2. The original Smart Plug is listed as coming soon. Separately, an independent community project (not affiliated with Anker) reads Anker's unofficial cloud API and optionally MQTT, covers many older models such as the E1600 and Solarbank 2 and 3, and may break without notice.
The Anker SOLIX app on Homey's store is listed under Anker Solix Official. It is local over Modbus TCP, with no cloud account, for Solarbank Max AC, Max, XE AC, XE, Solarbank 4 E5000 Pro, Smart Meter Gen 2 and Smart Plug Gen 2, version 1.1.0. The store page lists Homey Cloud and says drivers need a Homey Bridge, while Homey's announcement says it is not available for Homey Cloud, so the Cloud and Bridge position is unclear. Solarbank 3 E2700 and first-gen meters are reported as unsupported. A separate community app by Til Wegener uses Anker's cloud and covers Solarbank 1 to 4 and meters.
evcc's documentation has a template for the Solarbank Max AC over Modbus TCP, usable as grid meter, solar production and battery, and it can control charging and discharging. The Modbus TCP interface must first be enabled in the Anker app. The page does not say Anker maintains it.
We did not find a plugin. We could not confirm one exists.
Searched, no source
Control4
Unconfirmed
We did not find a driver. We could not confirm one exists.
Searched, no source
IFTTT
Unconfirmed
We did not find an Anker SOLIX service. We could not confirm either way.
Searched, no source
Anker local API (Modbus TCP)
Official
Anker documents Modbus TCP as the way to reach SOLIX devices locally, switched on in the app. Its Home Assistant page says the Home Assistant integration needs firmware that supports the local API. The README says X1 Series and V1 Smart EV Charger are outside that integration and links Anker's separate Modbus documents, which we did not open.
No public cloud API found. The community Home Assistant project says it uses the same cloud API as the official app, that it is unofficial and undocumented, and that it can change without notice.
Checked 11 November 2026 against the brand's own pages, app store listings and each project's own page. “Not found” means we searched and found nothing, not that it is impossible. Compatibility changes often. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Common questions about Anker SOLIX
Does Anker SOLIX support Matter?
Not that we could find. No Anker SOLIX Matter support found. The EV charger page, app listing and integration pages we read do not mention it.
Does Anker SOLIX work with Alexa?
Unconfirmed. The app listing and EV charger page do not mention Alexa, and a search for SOLIX voice support turned up none. We could not confirm either way.
Does Anker SOLIX work with Google Home?
Unconfirmed. Not mentioned on the Anker pages we read. We could not confirm either way.
Does Anker SOLIX work with Apple Home (HomeKit)?
Not that we could find. The App Store listing does not mention HomeKit, and one user review says the app lacks HomeKit, widget and Shortcuts support.
Does Anker SOLIX work with Home Assistant?
Yes, officially. Anker Innovations publishes and maintains an MIT-licensed Home Assistant integration on GitHub, installed through HACS rather than built into Home Assistant core. It uses local Modbus TCP on port 502 with no cloud, polls every 5 seconds, and lists Solarbank Max AC, Max, XE AC, XE, Solarbank 4 E5000 Pro, Smart Meter Gen 2 and Smart Plug Gen 2. The original Smart Plug is listed as coming soon. Separately, an independent community project (not affiliated with Anker) reads Anker's unofficial cloud API and optionally MQTT, covers many older models such as the E1600 and Solarbank 2 and 3, and may break without notice.
Does Anker SOLIX work with SmartThings?
Unconfirmed. No SmartThings integration was found in the pages we read. We could not confirm either way.
Does Anker SOLIX work with Homey?
Yes, officially. The Anker SOLIX app on Homey's store is listed under Anker Solix Official. It is local over Modbus TCP, with no cloud account, for Solarbank Max AC, Max, XE AC, XE, Solarbank 4 E5000 Pro, Smart Meter Gen 2 and Smart Plug Gen 2, version 1.1.0. The store page lists Homey Cloud and says drivers need a Homey Bridge, while Homey's announcement says it is not available for Homey Cloud, so the Cloud and Bridge position is unclear. Solarbank 3 E2700 and first-gen meters are reported as unsupported. A separate community app by Til Wegener uses Anker's cloud and covers Solarbank 1 to 4 and meters.
Does Anker SOLIX work with Hubitat?
Unconfirmed. We did not find a driver. We could not confirm one exists.
Answers come from the sourced table above. See how Anker SOLIX compares with all brands on the smart home brand statistics page.