- Fitbit recently issued a vital software update to stop batteries
- According to the reports, the sense versa 3 and Fitbit were a risk for its users
- The new update is reducing the battery life of five or six days to less than one.
Only a few weeks after Fitbit issued an update of batteries overheating for two of their most popular smart watches, Fitbit Sense users and Fitbit Versa 3, two of the best fitbits in the market, complain that the solution is causing Catastrophic reductions in battery life.
Google said the overheating problem could represent a risk for users and required an immediate firmware update. The company confirmed that the update would reduce the risk of overheating, but at the expense of some reduction in the battery life, and even offered customers $ 50 if they were affected, however, that compensation figure seems to pale compared to comparison with How much battery life users are really losing the update is complete.
The crisis of Fitbit’s battery life goes from bad to worse
“Before doing the update, my battery would last about 5-6 days (depending on how much exercise I did),” a user told the Fitbit Community forums, “now since the update lasts less than one day. That is with Everything that has also turned off also (for example, notifications, snack detection, vibrations, etc.) “.
“The firmware update has caused an extreme battery reduction,” added another, noting that his device also lasted less than a day, where he would previously deliver a week of charge.
In another part of Reddit, users report similar problems. “For a long time, my battery feeling has lasted a long time. I leave the screen, so I don’t need to load it, but once a week,” he wrote a poster. “However, for approximately a week, the battery has begun to die quickly. Tonight 46% to 22% in 3 hours. That used to take approximately 2 days.”
“I started experiencing the same from the firmware update that advanced,” said another.
All signals, then, point to the recent FITBIT planned firmware update, causing a catastrophic reduction in the battery life. User’s outrage is widespread, and although Google confirmed that the overheating problem could be a safety risk for users, compensation in battery life after the firmware update seems to make the devices almost unusable. “I had to load mine twice in one day,” said a user in the forum.
As noted, this should only affect Versa 3 and the meaning, the two models identified by Google as presenting a risk of overheating. If you have been affected, send us a line to [email protected]. We also communicate with Google to comment and we will update this piece accordingly with any answer.
