Fitbit recalls its defective smartwatch after years of multiple serious injury reports. It wasn't until March 2022, nearly four years later, that Fitbit announced a recall of appr

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

Today, it appears that things are finally coming to a close as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) shared that Fitbit would pay a $12.25 million fine for the problematic smartwatch (via The Verge ). That huge number has been "provisionally" accepted by the CPSC, and Fitbit will also need to make some changes as well.