Fitbit has recalled 1.7millionsmartwatches after users reported burns when their batteries overheated. Anyone who bought the £225 Ionic watch with the model number FB503 should immediately stop using it and contact Fitbit to return it.
Customers will receive a full refund and a discount of 40% to purchase another Fitbit product, the company said. Fitbit received 115 reports of the battery overheating in the US, with 78 reports of burn injuries including two reports of third-degree burns and four claims of second-degree burns, reports LiverpoolEcho.
One million of the watches were sold in the USA and 700,000 were sold in the rest of the world,
