A resident of Florida sued the Fitbit for extra 67 minutes of sleep

A resident of Florida filed a lawsuit against Fitbit because, in his opinion, the device companies can not properly track the duration of sleep by, сообщает Ars Technica .

The lawsuit states that the device Fitbit «nightly sleep duration overestimate the 67-minute" compared with polysomnography, more accurate way to track sleep, which is used by scientists. If we compare the results of Fitbit and less precise methods - actigraphy, the results again are not in favor of the band. The gap data is about 43 minutes per day. The lawsuit cited the text of a study conducted in 2012 by 24 people and published in the journal Health.

Plaintiff James Brickman acquired fitness bracelet Fitbit Flex back in 2013 and it can now claim to accept the status of the group. James hopes to be joined by other buyers bracelets FitBit models Power, Flex, Ultra and second-generation devices such as Charge and the Surge, which has been declared tracking technology sleep duration.

"Blink Fitbit sleep duration can not simply tell the user how well he slept with at least some precision" - said in the lawsuit. According to James, Fitbit mislead consumers by providing them with incorrect data on the duration of sleep.

"I think you are sleeping 67 minutes more than you sleep really can be dangerous for the health and lead to disastrous consequences in the long term».

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco, and is sent to the California law on unfair competition, as well as to the law on advertising, does not prevent the spread of false information about the products sold.

Fitbit is not commenting on the situation.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/250306/