Can the Galaxy Watch 7 Charger Harm Other Electronics?

[Sammix]

I understand that the charger shipping with my Galaxy Watch 7 has a magnet to help keep the watch on the charger. Is the magnet strong enough to possibly harm nearby electronics? For example: If the charger gets close to my portable external hard drive,  can the magnetism from the charger harm the electronics in the hard drive? Thanks for your help.

[LongHiker · Accepted solution]

@Sammix No it's not going to harm your portable external drive. 

Is your portable external hard drive a mechanical one with spinning disk? or an SSD? SSD would certainly not experience any damage. 

[PSmitty]

These days HDDs are generally safe from day to day issues, as LongHiker mentioned, there's minimal risk if you have an SSD. While it's generally a good idea to keep magnets away from electronics, you would need a very strong magnet to significantly corrupt data on a HDD. You shouldn't have to worry about the magnet in your charger causing any issues 🙂

[Sammix]

HDD, what's that? 😃

Everything I have is SSD. But the point you are both making, that the amount of magnetism is very low, means I don't have to worry, so I won't. Thanks!