Fitbit failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns, safety regulator said.

Fitbit will pay a hefty fine to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission for hiding safety risks tied to its recalled smartwatch.

The Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatches are at risk of overheating. Google has issued a firmware update, but it reduces overall battery life.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

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Fitbit's popular Sense and Versa 3 wearables have an overheating problem severe enough to incite a firmware update and a $50 "appeasement" program.

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 should have notified the CPSC about how dangerous the Ionic's batteries were. This week, they agreed to pay a settlement, and are coincidentally rolling out battery safety updates to other devices.

Explaining more about the issue, Fitbit said: "Fitbit determined that a limited number of Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 devices ('Impacted Devices') are at risk of their batteries overheating, which poses a potential risk for users and requires an immediate firmware update.

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