OTTAWA --
Well being Canada is warning anybody with a number of fashions of Fitbit's Ionic smartwatch to right away cease utilizing the machine as a result of its battery can overheat and will trigger burns.
The company has issued a joint recall of the product with Fitbit and shopper safety companies in the USA and Mexico.
The affected watches embody 4 fashions in numerous colors, every with a 3.6-centimetre color LCD show and a four-day life for its lithium-ion battery.
Well being Canada advises customers to contact Fitbit for a refund.
Well being Canada says Fitbit acquired 115 experiences of the watch's battery overheating in the USA as of Feb. 15, however none up to now in Canada or Mexico.
The corporate says roughly 70,561 items of the affected product have been offered in Canada from August 2017 to August 2020.
The warnings come amid a joint recall with Well being Canada, the U.S. Client Product Security Fee, Mexico's shopper safety company PROFECO and Fitbit LLC.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 2, 2022.
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