Best Buy Health offers safety services on Apple Watch
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:21 AM CST, Thu March 4, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS – Best Buy Health now offers health and safety services on the Apple Watch. Through a new Lively App, Apple Watch users can get assistance from trained Lively Urgent Response Agents for help in emergency and non-emergency situations. With a Live Agent Assist feature that’s coming soon, the watch can also detect hard falls, prompting an agent to call the user to make sure they’re OK and to contact family members if needed. Best Buy says it’s working with Apple closely on this new feature, which is one of the first to use Apple’s new fall detection API. “By offering these powerful safety features on Apple Watch, we’re creating a new way to achieve a greater sense of connection and independence for older adults, and added peace of mind for both them and their families,” said David Inns, Best Buy Health’s president of active aging. “It’s the perfect next step in furthering Best Buy Health’s mission to enrich and save lives through technology and meaningful connections.” Earlier this year, Best Buy and Great Call launched the new Lively App and Lively Wearable2 medical alert device. Best Buy acquired GreatCall in 2018.
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