The Nike+ Fuel app for iPhone now supports Apple's HealthKit. As a result, this means you don't actually need a FuelBand for the app to track your movements and earn points and trophies -- the sensors on your iPhone do all that for you.
The update comes nearly a year after Nike jettisoned its FuelBand team, opting instead to focus on a larger software partnership with Apple,
The app requires iOS 7.1 but the HealthKit optimizations require iOS 8.
In the app's release notes, it notes that you can track your movements with the iPhone 5S or newer. To do this, simply grant the app access to the Health app.
The whole process is easy to setup and takes place inside the Nike+ Fuel app experience.
Nike has also finally enabled its partner apps to allow users to earn NikeFuel points. In the past, you couldn't earn Fuel points in Nike+ Training Club or Nike+ Running. Instead, those apps and their sessions were kept in their own silos.
Smartly, Nike has finally decided to allow those apps to talk to the main Nike+ Fuel app and aggregate the data together.
Of course, this comes at a time when many users -- even Nike Fuel aficionados -- have moved on to fitness trackers from Fitbit.
Still, it's pretty awesome news for iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users that their devices now double as a bonafide FuelBand.