The advice is to keep your mobile phones and accessories 15 centimeters away from your chest manzana to users using pacemakers or other medical devices. The tech company admitted using its products may interfere with the operation of the machines, with life-threatening consequences.

Apple’s warning also applies to the latest generation of iPhones 13 and 14. Airpods, Apple Watches and accessories, HomePods, iPads, Macs and Beats headphones should also not be placed near the chest of someone with an implant.

The decision is based on a study that found that people wearing FitBits, Apple Watches and other similar devices may accidentally interfere with implanted devices.

This is what a pacemaker looks like. Photo: medical writing

“Under certain conditions, magnets and electromagnetic fields can interfere with medical devicesApple wrote on its news blog. “Implanted pacemakers and defibrillators, for example, may contain sensors that respond to magnets and radios when they are in close contact,” the statement said.

“We’ve always known that magnets can interfere with implantable electronic devices in the heart, but we were surprised by the strength of the magnets used in the iPhone 12’s magnetic technology,” said Dr. Michelle Wu, a researcher at Brown University, in 2021.

“In general, a magnet can change the timing of a pacemaker or disable the salvage functions of a defibrillatorand this research indicates that everyone should be aware that electronic devices containing magnets can interfere with implantable electronic devices in the heart.”

Here are the Apple devices you should keep off your chest:

air pods

apple watch

HomePod

iPad

iphone

Mac

Beats