Fitbit Penalizes for Smartwatch Burn Warning

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Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches

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Google-owned Fitbit will pay a $12.2 million penalty for failing to alert consumers that the products can overheat and cause burns.

Federal regulators say Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the Ionic smartwatches overheating during 2018 , 2019 and 2020 .

In early 2020 , Fitbit made an update to address the defect but continued to hear from people suffering burns.

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