Accounts Receivable and Finance Receivables - Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Jul. 02, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	$ 586	$ 630
60+ days contractual delinquency as a percentage of finance receivables	0.85%	0.16%
Current and less than 31 days past due
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	$ 577	$ 624
31-60 days past due
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	4	5
61-90 days past due
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	5	0
Over 90 days past due
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	$ 0	$ 1
Performing
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Financing receivable originating since the beginning of 2020	39.00%
Financing receivable originating from 2017 to 2019	27.00%
Nonperforming
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Nonaccrual as a percentage of finance receivables	11.60%	14.92%
Nonperforming \| Nonaccrual
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	$ 68	$ 94
Financing receivable originating since the beginning of 2020	7.00%
Financing receivable originating from 2017 to 2019	70.00%
Nonperforming \| Minimum
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Number of months of contractual delinquency to classify accounts as nonaccrual unless such collection is not doubtful	3 months
Performing
Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality
Finance receivables	$ 518	$ 536

Financing Receivable, Percentage, Originated Current Fiscal Year to Two Years Before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Percentage, Originated Three Years To Five Years Before Current Fiscal Year

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Percentage of Loans, Sixty Plus Days, Past Due, To Total Loans

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