<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Apple will update the iPhone 12 in France after regulators raised concerns over electromagnetic radiation emitted by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">the devices, the country's digital minister and the firm said on Friday.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">France had ordered a halt to sales of the device, released in 2020, on Tuesday after finding that the model emitted more electromagnetic waves than permitted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Apple has assured me that it will implement an update for the iPhone 12 in the next few days," said digital minister Jean-Noel Barrot in a statement to AFP.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both the firm and Barrot insisted there was no danger to public health from the radiation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This is related to a specific testing protocol used by French regulators and not a safety concern," Apple said in a statement, adding that the device complied with rules on emissions all around the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We will issue a software update for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Tuesday, Barrot gave the US tech giant two weeks to issue an update to its phone, which was coming to the end of its career as a front-line Apple product.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the agency in charge of testing, the ANFR, would quickly assess the update and he would then decide whether to lift the ban on sales.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The World Health Organization has said several studies have been conducted in the field and "no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use".&nbsp; AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">bnbd24/kh</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div>