Pokémon Go will soon be available on the Apple Watch, Niantic Labs announced at today’s Apple event. Niantic CEO John Hanke took the stage at Apple’s Wednesday event to announce that Pokémon Go players had already collectively walked 4.6 billion km—and that’s just when players had their phones out to track steps. Pokémon Go for Apple Phone will do players one better by tracking their steps when their phones are in their pockets, which will aid the game’s “egg hatching” system (which requires walking no less than 5km per egg to hatch)The Apple Watch app will display how far the player needs to walk to hatch an egg, the required experience points to reach the next level, and additional info about the player’s fitness.The app will also let players see when a pokémon appears or when a pokéstop is nearby without looking at their smartphone..

This version of Pokémon Go won’t allow players to check a live map and throw Pokéballs; instead, it will alert walking players that certain Pokémon characters are nearby, at which point players can choose to turn their phones on and load the default app to try to catch the creature in question. The presentation didn’t confirm whether or not players will be able to disable those alerts for lower-level creatures, so there’s no telling whether players’ wrists will buzz endlessly with alerts about piddly Pidgeys.

In good news, the watch interface will let players interact with Pokéstops and grab their free items and XP. Its interface will also quickly show players how much XP they need before leveling up. Ultimately, this looks like a pretty killer implementation of the game’s best feature: rewarding fans with experience and items just for walking around—without requiring them to stare at their screens while strolling around with Pokémon on their minds. (Once a Ditto appears, of course, we won’t blame anybody for pulling their iPhone out.)

The Apple Watch app is scheduled for release this year.