The Pebble smart watch, which was made hugely popular when it raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter last year, can finally display real-time fitness information related to workouts.

RunKeeper announced Tuesday an app update for iOS and Android that fully integrates with the Pebble watch, allowing runners to keep track of their activity and providing a detailed analysis of their performance.

The companies have been teasing this news for a little over a year now; in fact, RunKeeper was Pebble’s first app partner. The blending of these two companies could be powerful. There’s already an immense interest in the smart watch, and teaming up with RunKeeper will give users a way to stay connected without constantly needing to check their smartphone.

“Pebble integrates tech into people’s daily lives in a fashionable and unobtrusive way. We’re excited that RunKeeper will be among the first apps to showcase our smart watch’s capabilities and how we support your day-to-day interests and activities,” said Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky in a statement. “With the RunKeeper app, fitness enthusiasts can benefit from Pebble to track their workouts, get motivated and meet their goals.”

Pebble users can also control music and manage incoming messages, calls and notifications directly through the device. Developers can get their hands on a software developer’s kit (SDK) to introduce more apps to the device.

Image via Pebble

Pebble Hands-On

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   Rock On

   Music controls on Pebble are intuitive and easy to use.

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   Email

   Scrolling through email is as simple as pressing the down button on the side of the watch.

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   Custom Watch Faces

   Pebble has a number of unique watch faces available.

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   Fuzzy Time

   This Fuzzy Time watch face spells the time out for you.

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   Time to Party

   You can select between a number of watch faces, including this clock face.

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   Power Up

   The Pebble is charged using a magnetic charger similar to the magnetic power connectors on MacBooks.

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   Rainbow Colored

   There are a number of different colored Pebble watch faces and bands, including an all white and all black model

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   Kickstarter Edition

   The Kickstarter edition of the watch has “Kickstarter Editon” on the back of the watch face.

Read more: http://mashable.com/2013/05/07/pebble-runkeeper/