FitBit Sued Over Claims Heart Trackers Miss the Beat Big-Time
- California case targets company's pulse monitoring technology
- Device maker defends its accuracy based on internal research
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FitBit Inc.’s heart monitoring devices are called “wildly inaccurate” in a lawsuit accusing the company of false advertising.
Devices sold by the leading maker of fitness trackers “are mis-recording heart rates by a very significant margin” while on the brink of causing health risks for users, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court.