Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program: Difference between revisions
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==Aftermath of software update== | ==Aftermath of software update== | ||
According to Google, Users with "Impacted Devices" can expect to encounter decreased battery capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Nickolas |date=23 Jan 2025 |title=Fitbit has a battery overheating problem and here's what to do if you have one |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tech/fitbit-battery-overheating-problem-heres-200118269.html?guccounter=1 |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[yahoo!]]}}</ref> | According to Google, Users with "Impacted Devices" can expect to encounter decreased battery capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Nickolas |date=23 Jan 2025 |title=Fitbit has a battery overheating problem and here's what to do if you have one |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tech/fitbit-battery-overheating-problem-heres-200118269.html?guccounter=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0326-0245-30/https://tech.yahoo.com:443/wearables/articles/fitbit-battery-overheating-problem-heres-200118269.html |archive-date=25 Mar 2026 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[yahoo!]]}}</ref> | ||
Google has also received a 12.5 million dollar penalty for failure to immediately report serious burn hazards with their Ionic Smartwatches<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 Jan 2025 |title=Fitbit Agrees to Pay $12.25 Million Civil Penalty for Failure to Immediately Report Serious Burn Hazard with Ionic Smartwatches |url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2025/Fitbit-Agrees-to-Pay-12-25-Million-Civil-Penalty-for-Failure-to-Immediately-Report-Serious-Burn-Hazard-with-Ionic-Smartwatches |url-status=live | Google has also received a 12.5 million dollar penalty for failure to immediately report serious burn hazards with their Ionic Smartwatches<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 Jan 2025 |title=Fitbit Agrees to Pay $12.25 Million Civil Penalty for Failure to Immediately Report Serious Burn Hazard with Ionic Smartwatches |url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2025/Fitbit-Agrees-to-Pay-12-25-Million-Civil-Penalty-for-Failure-to-Immediately-Report-Serious-Burn-Hazard-with-Ionic-Smartwatches |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251214173320/https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2025/Fitbit-Agrees-to-Pay-12-25-Million-Civil-Penalty-for-Failure-to-Immediately-Report-Serious-Burn-Hazard-with-Ionic-Smartwatches |archive-date=14 Dec 2025 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=CPSC}}</ref> | ||
===Aging lithium-ion batteries=== | ===Aging lithium-ion batteries=== | ||
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*Physical expansion & contraction stress during charging cycles | *Physical expansion & contraction stress during charging cycles | ||
*Potential for dendrite formation in aged cells | *Potential for dendrite formation in aged cells | ||
*Increased internal resistance over time<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chu |first=Tien-Fu |last2=Rajendran |first2=Raja |last3=Kuznetsova |first3=Iren |last4=Wang |first4=Gou-Jen |date=31 Mar 2020 |title=High-power, non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cell based on a nano/micro hybrid-structured Au anode |url=https:// | *Increased internal resistance over time<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chu |first=Tien-Fu |last2=Rajendran |first2=Raja |last3=Kuznetsova |first3=Iren |last4=Wang |first4=Gou-Jen |date=31 Mar 2020 |title=High-power, non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cell based on a nano/micro hybrid-structured Au anode |url=https://sci-hub.st/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.227844 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0326-0249-04/https://sci-hub.su:443/storage/2024/8101/ca37e60ae74f869646581511035bd38b/chu2020.pdf |archive-date=25 Mar 2026 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=ScienceDirect |doi=10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.227844}}</ref> | ||
*The company states that a limited-number of units are affected. This would suggest a manufacturing batch issue<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warwick |first=Stephen |date=22 Jan 2025 |title=Fitbit issues battery overheating warning over two of its most popular watches – and it might compensate you if you're affected {{!}} |url=https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/fitbit-issues-battery-overheating-warning-over-two-of-its-most-popular-watches-and-it-might-compensate-you-if-youre-affected |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=techradar}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251222012019/https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/fitbit-issues-battery-overheating-warning-over-two-of-its-most-popular-watches-and-it-might-compensate-you-if-youre-affected Archived])</ref> | *The company states that a limited-number of units are affected. This would suggest a manufacturing batch issue<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warwick |first=Stephen |date=22 Jan 2025 |title=Fitbit issues battery overheating warning over two of its most popular watches – and it might compensate you if you're affected {{!}} |url=https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/fitbit-issues-battery-overheating-warning-over-two-of-its-most-popular-watches-and-it-might-compensate-you-if-youre-affected |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=techradar}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251222012019/https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/fitbit-issues-battery-overheating-warning-over-two-of-its-most-popular-watches-and-it-might-compensate-you-if-youre-affected Archived])</ref> | ||