Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches
Fitbit failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns, safety ...
Is your Fitbit getting too hot? Google wants to give you $50
The Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatches are at risk of overheating. Google has issued a firmware update, but it ...
The Fitbit app needs work — here’s how Google could fix it
The Pixel Watch 3 is one of my favorite health devices right now, but my problem is the companion app. Here are five ways ...
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Fitbit Fined $12M Over Failure to Report Ionic Smartwatch Burns
The device was recalled in 2022 after Fitbit received 115 reports of overheating and 78 reports of burn injuries.
Fitbit Fined Millions Over Watch That Burned Wearers
Fitbit has been fine $12.25 million as part of a settlement with a long-standing case with the Consumer Product Safety ...
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CPSC fines Google-owned Fitbit $12M for failing to report smartwatch burn hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered Google-owned Fitbit to pay more than $12 million and comply with certain ...
Warning Issued To Fitbit Users Over Safety Risk
Fitbit's popular Sense and Versa 3 wearables have an overheating problem severe enough to incite a firmware update and a $50 ...
These Fitbit models are overheating — see if yours is on the list to get $50 from Google
Owners of the Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 take note: Your wearable could be at risk of overheating and Google wants you ...
Why Fitbit Is Limiting Battery Performance on Some Smartwatch Models
Fitbit should have notified the CPSC about how dangerous the Ionic's batteries were. This week, they agreed to pay a ...
Fitbit fined $12M over Ionic smartwatch burns
Fitbit has settled with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) over a long-standing defect that caused some ...
Google's Fitbit to Pay $12M Fine Tied to Burn-Hazard Reports
Google-owned Fitbit agreed to pay $12.25 million to resolve claims it failed to immediately report a defect in certain smartwatches that could create a burn hazard for wearers.