diff --git a/audio/aidl/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/Android.bp
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/Android.bp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package {
+    // See: http://go/android-license-faq
+    // A large-scale-change added 'default_applicable_licenses' to import
+    // all of the 'license_kinds' from "hardware_interfaces_license"
+    // to get the below license kinds:
+    //   SPDX-license-identifier-Apache-2.0
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["hardware_interfaces_license"],
+}
+
+aidl_interface {
+    name: "android.hardware.audio.common",
+    vendor_available: true,
+    srcs: [
+        "android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl",
+        "android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl",
+        "android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl",
+        "android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl",
+    ],
+    imports: [
+        "android.media.audio.common.types",
+    ],
+    stability: "vintf",
+    backend: {
+        cpp: {
+            enabled: true,
+        },
+        java: {
+            platform_apis: true,
+        },
+        ndk: {
+            vndk: {
+                enabled: true,
+            },
+        },
+    },
+    versions: [
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// THIS FILE IS IMMUTABLE. DO NOT EDIT IN ANY CASE.                          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// This file is a snapshot of an AIDL file. Do not edit it manually. There are
+// two cases:
+// 1). this is a frozen version file - do not edit this in any case.
+// 2). this is a 'current' file. If you make a backwards compatible change to
+//     the interface (from the latest frozen version), the build system will
+//     prompt you to update this file with `m <name>-update-api`.
+//
+// You must not make a backward incompatible change to any AIDL file built
+// with the aidl_interface module type with versions property set. The module
+// type is used to build AIDL files in a way that they can be used across
+// independently updatable components of the system. If a device is shipped
+// with such a backward incompatible change, it has a high risk of breaking
+// later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true) @VintfStability
+parcelable PlaybackTrackMetadata {
+  android.media.audio.common.AudioUsage usage = android.media.audio.common.AudioUsage.INVALID;
+  android.media.audio.common.AudioContentType contentType = android.media.audio.common.AudioContentType.UNKNOWN;
+  float gain;
+  android.media.audio.common.AudioChannelLayout channelMask;
+  @nullable android.media.audio.common.AudioDevice sourceDevice;
+  @utf8InCpp String[] tags;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f667d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// THIS FILE IS IMMUTABLE. DO NOT EDIT IN ANY CASE.                          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// This file is a snapshot of an AIDL file. Do not edit it manually. There are
+// two cases:
+// 1). this is a frozen version file - do not edit this in any case.
+// 2). this is a 'current' file. If you make a backwards compatible change to
+//     the interface (from the latest frozen version), the build system will
+//     prompt you to update this file with `m <name>-update-api`.
+//
+// You must not make a backward incompatible change to any AIDL file built
+// with the aidl_interface module type with versions property set. The module
+// type is used to build AIDL files in a way that they can be used across
+// independently updatable components of the system. If a device is shipped
+// with such a backward incompatible change, it has a high risk of breaking
+// later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true) @VintfStability
+parcelable RecordTrackMetadata {
+  android.media.audio.common.AudioSource source = android.media.audio.common.AudioSource.SYS_RESERVED_INVALID;
+  float gain;
+  @nullable android.media.audio.common.AudioDevice destinationDevice;
+  android.media.audio.common.AudioChannelLayout channelMask;
+  @utf8InCpp String[] tags;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..270147d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// THIS FILE IS IMMUTABLE. DO NOT EDIT IN ANY CASE.                          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// This file is a snapshot of an AIDL file. Do not edit it manually. There are
+// two cases:
+// 1). this is a frozen version file - do not edit this in any case.
+// 2). this is a 'current' file. If you make a backwards compatible change to
+//     the interface (from the latest frozen version), the build system will
+//     prompt you to update this file with `m <name>-update-api`.
+//
+// You must not make a backward incompatible change to any AIDL file built
+// with the aidl_interface module type with versions property set. The module
+// type is used to build AIDL files in a way that they can be used across
+// independently updatable components of the system. If a device is shipped
+// with such a backward incompatible change, it has a high risk of breaking
+// later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true) @VintfStability
+parcelable SinkMetadata {
+  android.hardware.audio.common.RecordTrackMetadata[] tracks;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d4a982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.common/current/android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// THIS FILE IS IMMUTABLE. DO NOT EDIT IN ANY CASE.                          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// This file is a snapshot of an AIDL file. Do not edit it manually. There are
+// two cases:
+// 1). this is a frozen version file - do not edit this in any case.
+// 2). this is a 'current' file. If you make a backwards compatible change to
+//     the interface (from the latest frozen version), the build system will
+//     prompt you to update this file with `m <name>-update-api`.
+//
+// You must not make a backward incompatible change to any AIDL file built
+// with the aidl_interface module type with versions property set. The module
+// type is used to build AIDL files in a way that they can be used across
+// independently updatable components of the system. If a device is shipped
+// with such a backward incompatible change, it has a high risk of breaking
+// later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true) @VintfStability
+parcelable SourceMetadata {
+  android.hardware.audio.common.PlaybackTrackMetadata[] tracks;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ce1e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/PlaybackTrackMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioChannelLayout;
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioContentType;
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioDevice;
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioUsage;
+
+/**
+ * Metadata of a playback track for an output stream.
+ */
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true)
+@VintfStability
+parcelable PlaybackTrackMetadata {
+    AudioUsage usage = AudioUsage.INVALID;
+    AudioContentType contentType = AudioContentType.UNKNOWN;
+    /**
+     * Non-negative linear gain (scaling) applied to track samples.
+     * 0 means muted, 1 is unity gain, 2 means double amplitude, etc.
+     */
+    float gain;
+    AudioChannelLayout channelMask;
+    /**
+     * Indicates the source of an output stream, can be left unspecified.
+     */
+    @nullable AudioDevice sourceDevice;
+    /**
+     * Tags from AudioTrack audio attributes. Tag is an additional use case
+     * qualifier complementing AudioUsage and AudioContentType. Tags are set by
+     * vendor specific applications and must be prefixed by "VX_". Vendor must
+     * namespace their tag names to avoid conflicts, for example:
+     * "VX_GOOGLE_VR". At least 3 characters are required for the vendor
+     * namespace.
+     */
+    @utf8InCpp String[] tags;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfd88f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/RecordTrackMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioChannelLayout;
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioContentType;
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioDevice;
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioSource;
+
+/**
+ * Metadata of a record track for an input stream.
+ */
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true)
+@VintfStability
+parcelable RecordTrackMetadata {
+    AudioSource source = AudioSource.SYS_RESERVED_INVALID;
+    /**
+     * Non-negative linear gain (scaling) applied to track samples.
+     * 0 means muted, 1 is unity gain, 2 means double amplitude, etc.
+     */
+    float gain;
+    /**
+     * Indicates the destination of an input stream, can be left unspecified.
+     */
+    @nullable AudioDevice destinationDevice;
+    AudioChannelLayout channelMask;
+    /**
+     * Tags from AudioRecord audio attributes. Tag is an additional use case
+     * qualifier complementing AudioUsage and AudioContentType. Tags are set by
+     * vendor specific applications and must be prefixed by "VX_". Vendor must
+     * namespace their tag names to avoid conflicts, for example:
+     * "VX_GOOGLE_VR". At least 3 characters are required for the vendor
+     * namespace.
+     */
+    @utf8InCpp String[] tags;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..188c847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/SinkMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+
+import android.hardware.audio.common.RecordTrackMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Metadata of record tracks for an input stream.
+ */
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true)
+@VintfStability
+parcelable SinkMetadata {
+    RecordTrackMetadata[] tracks;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9f23c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/common/SourceMetadata.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.audio.common;
+
+import android.hardware.audio.common.PlaybackTrackMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Metadata of playback tracks for an output stream.
+ */
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true)
+@VintfStability
+parcelable SourceMetadata {
+    PlaybackTrackMetadata[] tracks;
+}