Fitbit pays Uncle Sam $12M to sprint away from claims of burning-hot smartwatches

Theregister | 25-01-2025 11:28am |

Your workout warm-up instructions didn't say anything about setting wrists on fire – allegedly! Years after recalling one of its smartwatches over overheating batteries that burned people, Fitbit has agreed to pay a $12.25 million civil penalty to the US government to settle allegations it knew about the risk but failed to immediately report it as required by law....

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