Fitbit failed to promptly report a burn hazard with its Ionic smartwatches and will pay $12.25m in penalties. U.S. Consumer ...

Apple has agreed to a $20 million settlement, in response to a 2019 class-action lawsuit. The legal action was initiated over alleged battery swelling issues in the first four generations of the Apple ...

There were 78 reports of burn injuries in the U.S., starting in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The Fitbit watch company has been fined ...

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Four years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter’s history, smartwatch maker Pebble ...

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Google’s Fitbit is paying a lot of money for a critical issue that turned its Ionic smartwatches into small torches. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced this week that Fitbit ...

Fitbit has agreed to pay a $12.25 million penalty to settle issues related to its Ionic smartwatch, which was subject to a recall in March 2022. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ...

But Fitbit did not voluntarily recall the Ionic smart watch until March 2, 2022. By then, the commission said, Fitbit had received at least 174 reports globally of the lithium-ion battery’s ...

The recall of the Fitbit Ionic smartwatches was ultimately announced in 2022 in ... a punch in pocket gadgets Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands NIST trains AI to hear ...

The Ionic smartwatches ... Despite having information that supported that the watch had a defect, Fitbit failed to report it immediately to the CPSC, the agency said. Fitbit issued a software ...

Fitbit has agreed to pay a $12.2 million penalty for failing to report an overheating issue with Ionic smartwatches, which caused burns to consumers. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...