Anker Power

macOS 14+ · A2687 only · local BLE

Your Anker Prime 160W, in the Mac menu bar.

Live watts, per-port control, and charger settings over Bluetooth LE. No Anker account. No cloud. No network requests.

Download 1.2.1 View on GitHub
  • Menu-bar native
  • Open source MIT
  • Unofficial
Anker Power app icon

0W

Total output

C1 28 W
C2 0 W
C3 0 W
macOS menu bar with Anker Power showing live watts

Live monitoring

Every port, at a glance.

Click the bolt in the menu bar. Total watts stay in the status item while you work. The popover lists C1–C3 with live watts, volts, and amps.

  • Cable & profile E-Marker ratings, PD Fast Charging, and connected device names from a local USB VID/PID table.
  • Port nicknames Label C1 as MacBook, C2 as iPhone — stored only on this Mac.
  • Shutdown timers 1h / 2h / 3h presets or a custom countdown, plus output on/off with a confirm step.

Power allocation

160 W, split your way.

Switch AI 2.0, C1 Priority, Dual Laptop, or a Custom watt split without picking up your phone.

AI 2.0 C1 Priority Dual Laptop Custom
C1 80 W
C2 60 W
C3 20 W

Each port 0 or 15–140 W, 160 W total. Display brightness, timeout, language, and rotation live in the same settings pane.

Energy

See the last 24 hours on this Mac.

Rolling local samples, an optional charger-side curve, a watt-hour estimate, and CSV export. Yellow total, blue C1, green C2, orange C3.

  • 1 hour · 6 hours · 24 hours
  • This Mac or charger curve
  • Export CSV · stays local

Privacy

Stays on this Mac.

All charger telemetry and history stay on-device. Up to 24 hours of samples and last-known charger identity live in Application Support. Port nicknames live in UserDefaults. The app makes no network requests.

  • No Anker account and no cloud protocol management.
  • Diagnostics Copy All omits serials, session keys, and decrypted payloads.

Mac convenience

Shortcuts, login, idle notify.

Open at login. Get a notification when a port sits at 0 W for 10 minutes. Use Shortcuts to turn C1–C3 on or off while the app is running.

  • Reconnect remembers the last charger UUID.
  • Fault banners for over-temperature and port abnormalities.

Get Anker Power

Download AnkerPower-1.2.1.zip from the latest GitHub Release, unzip it, and move the app to /Applications.

Download for Mac Build from source
  • macOS 14 or newer
  • Anker Prime Charger 160W, model A2687
  • Bluetooth permission
  • Official Anker app disconnected from the charger

Builds are ad-hoc signed and not notarized. On first launch, right-click the app and choose Open, then confirm.