Best Buy Partnering with Vivint Smart Home

A strategic partnership between Best Buy and Vivint Smart Home has just been announced in press release. It will give customers an easy way to automate their homes

The partnership is called Best Buy Smart Home powered by Vivint.  and to manage devices.

It is expected to be rolled out nationwide at the beginning of summer enabling customers to visit one of more than 400 Best Buy locations where they will be able to have a consultation with a smart home expert, design a comprehensive system and receive professional installation and monitoring. This could happen within as little as a day. Customers will be guided by in-store experts and can select from a choice of smart home products from Vivint and from other partners.

Devices available will include lights, thermostats, smart locks, and cameras. Customers can then choose whether to take advantage of a range of support plans available that include 30-day video storage and 24/7 professional monitoring with emergency response. There’s also the option to choose a no contract service plan. Vivint’s smart home platform will work with a number of voice assistance that includes Google Home and Amazon Echo so users will be able to control their smart home devices by voice.

Asheesh Saksena, Chief Strategic Growth Officer at Best Buy said “Best Buy is all about helping customers pursue their passions and enrich their lives with the help of technology. To deliver on that promise, we work with industry-leading partners to create the best products, services, and solutions that address the everyday needs of our customers. Our partnership with Vivint is a perfect example of that strategy.”

Alex Dunn, president of Vivint Smart Home said “At Vivint, our vision from the beginning has been to deliver smart home for the mass market. Together with Best Buy, we are further encouraging adoption by providing customers with a comprehensive smart home offering and a personalized retail experience.”

Last year Best Buy sold more than 55 million connected devices and provided in-store, in-home and online technology services nearly 16 million times. Currently, Vivint has more than 1 million customers and has installed more than 15 million smart home devices in North American homes. It was recently named the number one smart home services provider in the US by Strategy Analytics.