Fitbit has to pay a $12.25 million fine for overheating smartwatch injuries
Fitbit will pay a hefty fine to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission for hiding safety risks tied to its recalled ...
Fitbit Agrees to Pay $12 Million for Not Quickly Reporting Burn Risk With Watches
After consumer complaints of overheating batteries, the company did not immediately report the defect with its Ionic ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 hit with millions in penalties related to customer burns
Fitbit received numerous reports of the Ionic smartwatches overheating while being worn by consumers, causing some consumers ...
Fitbit fined $12 million for Ionic smartwatches that burned 78 people
Fitbit is paying a $12.25 million fine over its Ionic smartwatches, which the company recalled in 2022 after reports that the watches’ lithium-ion batteries overheated and, in some cases, burned ...
Fitbit pinched for $12.25M after not immediately reporting known defect in recalled smartwatch
Fitbit will pay a civil penalty of $12.25 million after it “knowingly failed to immediately report” a defect in its Ionic smartwatches that caused dozens of people to sustain burn injuries, the ...