Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the watches overheating during 2018, 2019 and continuing into 2020, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the watches overheating during 2018, 2019 and continuing into 2020, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Fitbit has been fined in $12.25 million as part of a settlement of a long-standing case with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). This doesn't relate to a watch you can still buy ...

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Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the watches overheating during 2018, 2019 and continuing into 2020, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

More than two years after recalling about 1.7 million Ionic smartwatches sold globally, Google-owned Fitbit will pay a $12.2 million penalty for failing to alert consumers that the products can ...

Fitbit failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns, safety regulator said. Google's Fitbit fined $12.2 million after customers ...