(CNN)Fitbit is recalling 1.7 million smartwatches in consequence of a doable burn hazard, the User Product Safety Commission acknowledged Wednesday.
The voluntary clutch exclusively involves Fitbit Ionic smartwatch objects, which fill a lithium-ion battery that would possibly perhaps potentially overheat and pose a burn hazard to shoppers, constant with the CPSC. The agency acknowledged the clutch impacts a million devices offered within the United States and a further 693,000 that had been offered internationally.
Fitbit has received at the least 174 experiences globally of the battery within the respect overheating, constant with the CPSC, with 78 experiences of burn accidents within the United States, including two experiences of third-level burns and 4 experiences of second-level burns.
Andrea Holing, a spokesperson for Google (GOOG)-owned Fitbit, confirmed the clutch in a assertion to CNN Industry and acknowledged the sequence of pain experiences represented lower than 0.01% of objects offered.
“Customer safety is continually Fitbit’s high precedence and out of an abundance of caution, we are conducting a voluntary clutch of Fitbit Ionic smartwatches,” Holing acknowledged within the assertion.”These incidents are very rare and this voluntary clutch does no longer impact assorted Fitbit smartwatches or trackers.”
Fitbit added in a assertion on its online web deliver that its Ionic smartwatches had been launched in 2017 and production for them ceased in 2020.
The firm entreated of us that devour a Fitbit Ionic respect to discontinuance the employ of the scheme. The CPSC acknowledged shoppers can be issued money support of $299 after returning the scheme to Fitbit, and the firm will also present taking part shoppers with a cut back designate code for 40% off bewitch out Fitbit devices.
Google launched plans in unhurried 2019 to build Fitbit in a $2.1 billion deal, because it sought to compete with Apple’s smartwatches. The acquisition was carried out final twelve months.
