Apple has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit over battery swelling on the Apple Watch. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2019, the suit alleges that the problem affected the first four Apple Watch models.
Battery swelling is pretty much what it sounds like: a buildup of heat and gas inside the lithium-ion battery, causing its walls to expand. The phenomenon can, in turn, damage or break other components in the device as it grows within the tightly-packed space.
Apple continues to deny the issue, stating that it only paid in order to avoid future legal fees from a suit that stretched on for more than five years.
“Apple denies all of the allegations made in the lawsuit, denies that the covered…