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Popular iOS fitness tracking application RunKeeper was updated on Thursday with brand new features for Apple's recently released iPhone 5s, leveraging that device's dedicated M7 motion tracking chip.

RunKeeper is one of our favorite techy ways to track your athletic activity. The app's latest update, out today, harnesses the power of the M7 chip to turn your iPhone 5S into an always-watching fitness tracker. Like a personal trainer named Siri....

When Apple introduced the M7 "motion coprocessor" in the iPhone 5S it presented the addition as a boon for fitness apps, and RunKeeper is releasing an update to take advantage of its capabilities. With a new feature dubbed "Pocket Track," RunKeeper will now be able to track walking activity without needing to be triggered by the user. After users opt into background tracking walks of 15 minutes or longer are logged, and when they check the app at the end of the day they'll be given the option to add...

Nike+ FuelBand SE, Withings Pulse, Jawbone UP, Fitbit Force. You can take your pick from the myriad of activity-trackers permeating the fitness sphere, each offering broadly similar feature sets, but with their own nuances to cater for different tastes....

Few apps are yet taking advantage of Apple’s M7 motion co-processor but RunKeeper does starting today. The app can track walking activities in the background and cadence during runs. AirDrop support also makes it easy to share workouts or send friend requests.

Nike+ Move, the fitness-tracking app shown off by Apple at the iPhone 5S announcement event, is now available in the App Store. Move makes use of the iPhone 5S's M7 motion coprocessor, which continuously records movement data from the phone's gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass. The app collates this information to give you feedback about your activity and measures it in NikeFuel, in much the same way as Nike's wrist-worn FuelBand....

Nike announced at Apple’s iPhone event in September that it would be releasing a Nike+ Move app to take advantage of the M7 chip in the iPhone 5s, a motion coprocessor that tracks the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass....