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27 Jan: Tech is here to help your health in 2020

If healthy living is part of your New Year’s resolution, Best Buy has a wide variety of products to help you — and your family — reach your goals.

This year, we’ve expanded our offerings in three categories: personal fitness, healthy eating and healthy aging.

To learn more, we checked in with Blue Shirt Ashley Cusicanqui, a fitness enthusiast who works at one of our stores in Paramus, New Jersey.

Personal fitness

We have a wide array of fitness equipment, smartwatches, tracking devices and headphones to help you get through and track your workouts.

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18 Jun: Best Buy debuts collection of connected fitness products

Today, Best Buy announced a new collection of connected fitness products from some of the world’s most innovative exercise companies, including Flywheel Sports, NormaTec, Hyperice, Hydrow and NordicTrack. The new assortment is part of the company’s commitment to helping customers use technology to live better, healthier lives.

The new products – including connected bikes and rowing machines, and a recovery system loved by professional athletes – will help customers get an exciting, personal and effective workout without leaving their home.

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23 Apr: GreatCall launches new medical alert device, Lively Mobile Plus

At Best Buy, we know that technology plays a very important role in helping people live better lives. That’s why last year we acquired GreatCall, a company that uses technology to help older adults live safer, more independent lives.

Today, GreatCall announced its newest device, Lively Mobile Plus – the highest standard in medical alert technology. Lively Mobile Plus features enhanced GPS accuracy and the fastest response time, provided by GreatCall’s exceptional Caring Centers.

With a press of the button, GreatCall customers are immediately connected to IAED-certified 5Star agents at GreatCall’s Caring Centers.

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17 Apr: Best Buy Partners With Tyto Care to Bring Medical Exams In Home

Let’s say you wake up in the middle of the night with a throbbing pain in your ear. You could head out to the emergency room, suffer through the night and go to the clinic the next morning, or head to the cabinet and pull out the TytoHome device for a quick diagnosis.

TytoHome, from Tyto Care, is a first-of-its-kind medical examination device that can be used in your home. It takes recordings of your pain points and puts you in touch with a doctor.

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03 Oct: Best Buy Appoints Cindy Kent to Board of Directors

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) today announced that Cindy Kent, a seasoned health care executive, has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Kent most recently served as president and general manager of the Infection Prevention Division at 3M Co., a global science company that manufactures and markets products and services across a range of industries.

Kent has more than 25 years of experience across a variety of roles and segments of the health care industry. Prior to joining 3M in 2013, she worked at medical device maker Medtronic Inc.