Apple warns of magnet risk to pacemakers for most of its major products

Apple has published a list of its products that could cause enough magnetic interference to impact medical devices, a page stemming from reports about MagSafe's potential to affect pacemakers.

Apple's MagSafe has been the subject of scrutiny in medical circles since its launch, due to the possibility that its magnets could trigger a pacemaker to perform unwanted actions if held close enough. Following those reports, Apple has published an update to its page warning about medical device interference with more information.The update, published on Friday and spotted by MacRumors, refreshes an existing support page warning about the increased number of magnets in MagSafe-enabled devices, like the iPhone 12. Rather than just being about iPhone 12 models, the page now talks about magnetic interference by Apple products in a more general sense.

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