‘Please stop using your device’
Fitbit recalled all models of its Ionic smartwatch on Tuesday after a small number of wearers were left with burns when the gadgets’ lithium-ion batteries overheated. Fitbit Ionic was made between 2017 and 2020 and comes in a variety of colors, including burnt orange, charcoal, and smoke gray. On top of monitoring things like heart rate and sleep, the Ionic supported contactless payments, provided guidance to stay fit and healthy, and it boasted of a four-day battery life, longer than most smartwatches of the time. But its lithium-ion batteries have proven prone to overheating. The majority of injuries were reported in the US, where there were 78 cases, including two third-degree burns and four second-degree burns, according to America’s Consumer Product Safety Commission.
