Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the watches overheating during 2018, 2019 and continuing into 2020, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Fitbit will pay more than $12 million for failing to promptly report that its Ionic smartwatches posed serious burn risks, officials said. Fitbit LLC, which is now owned by Google, has been fined ...

In early November, Alphabet's (GOOG-3.68%) (GOOGL-3.89%) Google announced that it would buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion -- a steep discount compared to the wearable maker's $4 billion valuation after ...

Concerns are mounting over Google’s $2 billion takeover of smartwatch maker Fitbit, with many saying the deal could pose a serious risk to users’ privacy. Following the announcement of the ...

Pebble, of course, was eventually acquired by Fitbit, which makes Google’s purchase today a kind of “wearable turducken,” as CNET’s Scott Stein put it on Twitter.Jawbone failed, badly ...

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 failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns, safety regulator said. Google's Fitbit fined $12.2 million after customers ...