Nearly 1 million Fitbit Ionic smartwatches sold in the United States have been recalled because they pose a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said Wednesday.
About 693,000 of the smartwatches were also sold in other countries.
The voluntary recall exclusively involves the lithium-ion battery in the Ionic smartwatch, which can overheat and cause burns, and consumers should immediately stop using them, the CPSC said in a statement.
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Fitbit has received at least 115 reports in the United States and 59 reports from other countries of the battery in the watch overheating.
There have been 78 reports of Ionic-related burn injuries in the United States, including two reports of third-degree burns and four reports of second-degree burns. There have been 40 reports of Ionic-related burn injuries from other countries, according to the CPSC.
The number of injury reports represented less than