diff --git a/audio/6.0/config/api/current.txt b/audio/6.0/config/api/current.txt
index 431bc90..fa1e613 100644
--- a/audio/6.0/config/api/current.txt
+++ b/audio/6.0/config/api/current.txt
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@
     method public String getRawName();
     enum_constant public static final audio.policy.configuration.V6_0.Stream AUDIO_STREAM_ACCESSIBILITY;
     enum_constant public static final audio.policy.configuration.V6_0.Stream AUDIO_STREAM_ALARM;
+    enum_constant public static final audio.policy.configuration.V6_0.Stream AUDIO_STREAM_ASSISTANT;
     enum_constant public static final audio.policy.configuration.V6_0.Stream AUDIO_STREAM_BLUETOOTH_SCO;
     enum_constant public static final audio.policy.configuration.V6_0.Stream AUDIO_STREAM_DTMF;
     enum_constant public static final audio.policy.configuration.V6_0.Stream AUDIO_STREAM_ENFORCED_AUDIBLE;
diff --git a/audio/6.0/config/audio_policy_configuration.xsd b/audio/6.0/config/audio_policy_configuration.xsd
index d0f80ea..b5d978c 100644
--- a/audio/6.0/config/audio_policy_configuration.xsd
+++ b/audio/6.0/config/audio_policy_configuration.xsd
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@
             <xs:enumeration value="AUDIO_STREAM_DTMF"/>
             <xs:enumeration value="AUDIO_STREAM_TTS"/>
             <xs:enumeration value="AUDIO_STREAM_ACCESSIBILITY"/>
+            <xs:enumeration value="AUDIO_STREAM_ASSISTANT"/>
             <xs:enumeration value="AUDIO_STREAM_REROUTING"/>
             <xs:enumeration value="AUDIO_STREAM_PATCH"/>
         </xs:restriction>
diff --git a/audio/common/6.0/types.hal b/audio/common/6.0/types.hal
index 132f86d..c76f678 100644
--- a/audio/common/6.0/types.hal
+++ b/audio/common/6.0/types.hal
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
     TTS              = 9,  // Transmitted Through Speaker.  Plays over speaker
                            // only, silent on other devices
     ACCESSIBILITY    = 10, // For accessibility talk back prompts
+    ASSISTANT        = 11, // For virtual assistant service
 };
 
 @export(name="audio_source_t", value_prefix="AUDIO_SOURCE_")
diff --git a/audio/effect/6.0/xml/api/current.txt b/audio/effect/6.0/xml/api/current.txt
index 2021639..2dfcb9b 100644
--- a/audio/effect/6.0/xml/api/current.txt
+++ b/audio/effect/6.0/xml/api/current.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
   public enum StreamOutputType {
     method public String getRawName();
     enum_constant public static final audio.effects.V6_0.StreamOutputType alarm;
+    enum_constant public static final audio.effects.V6_0.StreamOutputType assistant;
     enum_constant public static final audio.effects.V6_0.StreamOutputType bluetooth_sco;
     enum_constant public static final audio.effects.V6_0.StreamOutputType dtmf;
     enum_constant public static final audio.effects.V6_0.StreamOutputType enforced_audible;
diff --git a/audio/effect/6.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd b/audio/effect/6.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd
deleted file mode 120000
index 9d85fa7..0000000
--- a/audio/effect/6.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../2.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/audio/effect/6.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd b/audio/effect/6.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ff20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/effect/6.0/xml/audio_effects_conf.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2017 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.
+-->
+<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+           targetNamespace="http://schemas.android.com/audio/audio_effects_conf/v2_0"
+           xmlns:aec="http://schemas.android.com/audio/audio_effects_conf/v2_0"
+           elementFormDefault="qualified">
+  <!-- Simple types -->
+  <xs:simpleType name="versionType">
+    <xs:restriction base="xs:decimal">
+      <xs:enumeration value="2.0"/>
+    </xs:restriction>
+  </xs:simpleType>
+  <xs:simpleType name="uuidType">
+    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
+      <xs:pattern value="[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}"/>
+    </xs:restriction>
+  </xs:simpleType>
+  <xs:simpleType name="streamInputType">
+    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
+      <xs:enumeration value="mic"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_uplink"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_downlink"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_call"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="camcorder"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_recognition"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_communication"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="unprocessed"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_performance"/>
+    </xs:restriction>
+  </xs:simpleType>
+  <xs:simpleType name="streamOutputType">
+    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
+      <xs:enumeration value="voice_call"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="system"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="ring"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="music"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="alarm"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="notification"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="bluetooth_sco"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="enforced_audible"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="dtmf"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="tts"/>
+      <xs:enumeration value="assistant"/>
+    </xs:restriction>
+  </xs:simpleType>
+  <xs:simpleType name="relativePathType">
+    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
+      <xs:pattern value="[^/].*"/>
+    </xs:restriction>
+  </xs:simpleType>
+  <!-- Complex types -->
+  <xs:complexType name="librariesType">
+    <xs:annotation>
+      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">
+        List of effect libraries to load. Each library element must have "name" and
+        "path" attributes. The latter is giving the path of the library .so file
+        relative to the standard effect folders: /(vendor|odm|system)/lib(64)?/soundfx/
+        Example for a library in "/vendor/lib/soundfx/lib.so":
+        <library name="name" path="lib.so"/>
+      </xs:documentation>
+    </xs:annotation>
+    <xs:sequence>
+      <xs:element name="library" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
+        <xs:complexType>
+          <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
+          <xs:attribute name="path" type="aec:relativePathType" use="required"/>
+        </xs:complexType>
+      </xs:element>
+    </xs:sequence>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="effectImplType">
+    <xs:attribute name="library" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
+    <xs:attribute name="uuid" type="aec:uuidType" use="required"/>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="effectType">
+    <xs:complexContent>
+      <xs:extension base="aec:effectImplType">
+        <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
+      </xs:extension>
+    </xs:complexContent>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="effectProxyType">
+    <xs:complexContent>
+      <xs:extension base="aec:effectType">
+        <xs:sequence>
+          <xs:element name="libsw" type="aec:effectImplType"/>
+          <xs:element name="libhw" type="aec:effectImplType"/>
+        </xs:sequence>
+      </xs:extension>
+    </xs:complexContent>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="effectsType">
+    <xs:annotation>
+      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">
+        List of effects to load. Each effect element must contain "name",
+        "library", and "uuid" attrs. The value of the "library" attr must
+        correspond to the name of a "library" element. The name of the effect
+        element is indicative, only the value of the "uuid" element designates
+        the effect for the audio framework.  The uuid is the implementation
+        specific UUID as specified by the effect vendor. This is not the generic
+        effect type UUID.
+        For effect proxy implementations, SW and HW implemetations of the effect
+        can be specified.
+        Example:
+        <effect name="name" library="lib" uuid="uuuu"/>
+        <effectProxy name="proxied" library="proxy" uuid="xxxx">
+            <libsw library="sw_bundle" uuid="yyyy"/>
+            <libhw library="offload_bundle" uuid="zzzz"/>
+        </effectProxy>
+      </xs:documentation>
+    </xs:annotation>
+    <xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+      <xs:element name="effect" type="aec:effectType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      <xs:element name="effectProxy" type="aec:effectProxyType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+    </xs:choice>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="streamProcessingType">
+    <xs:sequence>
+      <xs:element name="apply" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
+        <xs:complexType>
+          <xs:attribute name="effect" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
+        </xs:complexType>
+      </xs:element>
+    </xs:sequence>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="streamPreprocessType">
+    <xs:annotation>
+      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">
+        Audio preprocessing configuration. The processing configuration consists
+        of a list of elements each describing processing settings for a given
+        input stream. Valid input stream types are listed in "streamInputType".
+        Each stream element contains a list of "apply" elements. The value of the
+        "effect" attr must correspond to the name of an "effect" element.
+        Example:
+        <stream type="voice_communication">
+            <apply effect="effect1"/>
+            <apply effect="effect2"/>
+        </stream>
+      </xs:documentation>
+    </xs:annotation>
+    <xs:complexContent>
+      <xs:extension base="aec:streamProcessingType">
+        <xs:attribute name="type" type="aec:streamInputType" use="required"/>
+      </xs:extension>
+    </xs:complexContent>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <xs:complexType name="streamPostprocessType">
+    <xs:annotation>
+      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">
+        Audio postprocessing configuration. The processing configuration consists
+        of a list of elements each describing processing settings for a given
+        output stream. Valid output stream types are listed in "streamOutputType".
+        Each stream element contains a list of "apply" elements. The value of the
+        "effect" attr must correspond to the name of an "effect" element.
+        Example:
+        <stream type="music">
+            <apply effect="effect1"/>
+        </stream>
+      </xs:documentation>
+    </xs:annotation>
+    <xs:complexContent>
+      <xs:extension base="aec:streamProcessingType">
+        <xs:attribute name="type" type="aec:streamOutputType" use="required"/>
+      </xs:extension>
+    </xs:complexContent>
+  </xs:complexType>
+  <!-- Root element -->
+  <xs:element name="audio_effects_conf">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element name="libraries" type="aec:librariesType"/>
+        <xs:element name="effects" type="aec:effectsType"/>
+        <xs:element name="postprocess" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+          <xs:complexType>
+            <xs:sequence>
+              <xs:element name="stream" type="aec:streamPostprocessType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+            </xs:sequence>
+          </xs:complexType>
+        </xs:element>
+        <xs:element name="preprocess" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+          <xs:complexType>
+            <xs:sequence>
+              <xs:element name="stream" type="aec:streamPreprocessType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+            </xs:sequence>
+          </xs:complexType>
+        </xs:element>
+      </xs:sequence>
+      <xs:attribute name="version" type="aec:versionType" use="required"/>
+    </xs:complexType>
+    <!-- Keys and references -->
+    <xs:key name="libraryName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:libraries/aec:library"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@name"/>
+    </xs:key>
+    <xs:keyref name="libraryNameRef1" refer="aec:libraryName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:effects/aec:effect"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@library"/>
+    </xs:keyref>
+    <xs:keyref name="libraryNameRef2" refer="aec:libraryName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:effects/aec:effect/aec:libsw"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@library"/>
+    </xs:keyref>
+    <xs:keyref name="libraryNameRef3" refer="aec:libraryName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:effects/aec:effect/aec:libhw"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@library"/>
+    </xs:keyref>
+    <xs:key name="effectName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:effects/aec:effect|aec:effects/aec:effectProxy"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@name"/>
+    </xs:key>
+    <xs:keyref name="effectNamePreRef" refer="aec:effectName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:preprocess/aec:stream/aec:apply"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@effect"/>
+    </xs:keyref>
+    <xs:keyref name="effectNamePostRef" refer="aec:effectName">
+      <xs:selector xpath="aec:postprocess/aec:stream/aec:apply"/>
+      <xs:field xpath="@effect"/>
+    </xs:keyref>
+  </xs:element>
+</xs:schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/current.txt b/current.txt
index 860f640..b1fe99a 100644
--- a/current.txt
+++ b/current.txt
@@ -590,6 +590,30 @@
 fd65298e1e09e0e3c781ab18305920d757dbe55a3b459ce17814ec5cf6dfee99 android.hardware.wifi@1.0::IWifiP2pIface
 
 # HALs released in Android R
+e966a3437d6a98d9d9e14e9d672088771716031900c0deb55a0946c751a03a44 android.hardware.audio@6.0::types
+2736c59abaccacac407ebe80c5e48d446edf015051d05632fb679ba471779e6e android.hardware.audio@6.0::IDevice
+2402876cbc23c0de3690a665eca84fd3857d1808dba5cad25ce272f81ecef8c9 android.hardware.audio@6.0::IDevicesFactory
+bca5379d5065e2e08b6ad7308ffc8a71a972fc0698bec678ea32eea786d01cb5 android.hardware.audio@6.0::IPrimaryDevice
+7318b521ea12fdd4b6e3f381085c71784c810d1ec7a8d701ec2250f3f86712e4 android.hardware.audio@6.0::IStream
+2df5d5866b37776f25079c0e54b54350a2abe4e025a59c9e02a7d3abe8ca00e8 android.hardware.audio@6.0::IStreamIn
+78e4138cc8307c11fc777c3bd376e581ba4ba48196b05ca1d7cdfa515c87b48a android.hardware.audio@6.0::IStreamOut
+997fdaad7a9d17ee7e01feb7031a753e2365e72ad30b11d950e9183fabdf3844 android.hardware.audio@6.0::IStreamOutCallback
+996a930734d2875471d49972ab0117071831f5e6504e1b63a9664c9634da7687 android.hardware.audio.common@6.0::types
+817930d58412d662cb45e641c50cb62c727e4a3e3ffe7029a53cad9677b97d58 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::types
+525bec6b44f1103869c269a128d51b8dccd73af5340ba863c8886c68357c7faf android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IAcousticEchoCancelerEffect
+8d76bbe3719d051a8e9a1dcf9244f37f5b0a491feb249fa48391edf7cb4f3131 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IAutomaticGainControlEffect
+461b1114cb35d89f87e5694e0792ba53c112a7fa9a14d9b95188cf9c4764be23 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IBassBoostEffect
+8bc597d166e07e9eba633267fc2872c4c53d13d3f0025b778c98e13324a165de android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IDownmixEffect
+9ee022c81e79da6051fde0836c1c1c4d5414e0c9a6cccc0ce17a90346ceb1391 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IEffect
+75c99a70577d543359910a0b378bcbf5a0d6076712e58e6864cd8803f76c8684 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IEffectBufferProviderCallback
+5910bdd600fc6501a67233a9a3f4f21dda86af08c05497322712600131d1fa8f android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IEffectsFactory
+dd377f404a8e71f6191d295e10067db629b0f0c28e594af906f2bea5d87fe2cc android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IEnvironmentalReverbEffect
+455e085e136767302ec34d02b51a085c310e79bf500b76dda7c96a7f3637f11a android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IEqualizerEffect
+24b5e107a0cbd2b322f764a4d5f7fb8b5d8c337a060b9a4a26b9af050c57b5d0 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::ILoudnessEnhancerEffect
+4aae0a13f53a8ce20fad372de2d1d864a0bae194b0f1b1d2c090367af8615af2 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::INoiseSuppressionEffect
+5237c42d3913ef569f07bec802568084b615155d05a7951e75085da54856508c android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IPresetReverbEffect
+282193799d60bff27a84c65a36218c1e7d8f582f5828e2e059383d1b90aa56bd android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IVirtualizerEffect
+0868e00f7c5ee16723bda1a8f57099763d04100ae7126a1c2d3a9a87c844a7e8 android.hardware.audio.effect@6.0::IVisualizerEffect
 79e115c8f8970b8b914bafc66df5425e065fda4dcda97222966ef12451d2a1cc android.hardware.bluetooth@1.1::IBluetoothHci
 40ab2c6866c18d32baf6e49e3053949e79601f56963a791e93e68b9ee18f718d android.hardware.bluetooth@1.1::IBluetoothHciCallbacks
 07d0a252b2d8fa35887908a996ba395cf392968395fc30afab791f46e0c22a52 android.hardware.boot@1.1::IBootControl