diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp
index eb0c015..9c335ba 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #define LOG_TAG "AHAL_EffectConfig"
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <media/AidlConversionCppNdk.h>
+#include <system/audio.h>
 #include <system/audio_aidl_utils.h>
 #include <system/audio_effects/audio_effects_conf.h>
 #include <system/audio_effects/effect_uuid.h>
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@
 #include <android/apexsupport.h>
 #endif
 
+using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDevice;
+using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceAddress;
+using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription;
+using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceType;
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource;
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioStreamType;
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioUuid;
@@ -76,6 +82,14 @@
                 registerFailure(parseProcessing(Processing::Type::streamType, xmlStream));
             }
         }
+
+        // Parse device effect chains
+        for (auto& xmlDeviceEffects : getChildren(xmlConfig, "deviceEffects")) {
+            for (auto& xmlDevice : getChildren(xmlDeviceEffects, "device")) {
+                // AudioDevice
+                registerFailure(parseProcessing(Processing::Type::device, xmlDevice));
+            }
+        }
     }
     LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " successfully parsed " << file << ", skipping " << mSkippedElements
                << " element(s)";
@@ -195,7 +209,8 @@
 }
 
 std::optional<Processing::Type> EffectConfig::stringToProcessingType(Processing::Type::Tag typeTag,
-                                                                     const std::string& type) {
+                                                                     const std::string& type,
+                                                                     const std::string& address) {
     // see list of audio stream types in audio_stream_type_t:
     // system/media/audio/include/system/audio_effects/audio_effects_conf.h
     // AUDIO_STREAM_DEFAULT_TAG is not listed here because according to SYS_RESERVED_DEFAULT in
@@ -238,6 +253,19 @@
         if (typeIter != sAudioSourceTable.end()) {
             return typeIter->second;
         }
+    } else if (typeTag == Processing::Type::device) {
+        audio_devices_t deviceType;
+        if (!audio_device_from_string(type.c_str(), &deviceType)) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << "DeviceEffect: invalid type " << type;
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+        auto ret = ::aidl::android::legacy2aidl_audio_device_AudioDevice(deviceType, address);
+        if (!ret.ok()) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << "DeviceEffect: Failed to get AudioDevice from type "
+                    << deviceType << ", address " << address;
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+        return ret.value();
     }
 
     return std::nullopt;
@@ -246,7 +274,10 @@
 bool EffectConfig::parseProcessing(Processing::Type::Tag typeTag, const tinyxml2::XMLElement& xml) {
     LOG(VERBOSE) << __func__ << dump(xml);
     const char* typeStr = xml.Attribute("type");
-    auto aidlType = stringToProcessingType(typeTag, typeStr);
+    const char* addressStr = xml.Attribute("address");
+    // For device effect, device address is optional, match will be done for the given device type
+    // with empty address.
+    auto aidlType = stringToProcessingType(typeTag, typeStr, addressStr ? addressStr : "");
     RETURN_VALUE_IF(!aidlType.has_value(), false, "illegalStreamType");
     RETURN_VALUE_IF(0 != mProcessingMap.count(aidlType.value()), false, "duplicateStreamType");