diff --git a/include/hardware/audio.h b/include/hardware/audio.h
index 53808dd..9ad0f8b 100644
--- a/include/hardware/audio.h
+++ b/include/hardware/audio.h
@@ -512,6 +512,24 @@
      */
     int (*get_mmap_position)(const struct audio_stream_in *stream,
                              struct audio_mmap_position *position);
+
+    /**
+     * Called by the framework to read active microphones
+     *
+     * \param[in] stream the stream object.
+     * \param[out] mic_array Pointer to first element on array with microphone info
+     * \param[out] mic_count When called, this holds the value of the max number of elements
+     *                       allowed in the mic_array. The actual number of elements written
+     *                       is returned here.
+     *                       if mic_count is passed as zero, mic_array will not be populated,
+     *                       and mic_count will return the actual number of active microphones.
+     *
+     * \return 0 if the microphone array is successfully filled.
+     *         -ENOSYS if there is an error filling the data
+     */
+    int (*get_active_microphones)(const struct audio_stream_in *stream,
+                                  struct audio_microphone_characteristic_t *mic_array,
+                                  size_t *mic_count);
 };
 typedef struct audio_stream_in audio_stream_in_t;
 
@@ -684,6 +702,25 @@
     void (*close_input_stream)(struct audio_hw_device *dev,
                                struct audio_stream_in *stream_in);
 
+    /**
+     * Called by the framework to read available microphones characteristics.
+     *
+     * \param[in] dev the hw_device object.
+     * \param[out] mic_array Pointer to first element on array with microphone info
+     * \param[out] mic_count When called, this holds the value of the max number of elements
+     *                       allowed in the mic_array. The actual number of elements written
+     *                       is returned here.
+     *                       if mic_count is passed as zero, mic_array will not be populated,
+     *                       and mic_count will return the actual number of microphones in the
+     *                       system.
+     *
+     * \return 0 if the microphone array is successfully filled.
+     *         -ENOSYS if there is an error filling the data
+     */
+    int (*get_microphones)(const struct audio_hw_device *dev,
+                           struct audio_microphone_characteristic_t *mic_array,
+                           size_t *mic_count);
+
     /** This method dumps the state of the audio hardware */
     int (*dump)(const struct audio_hw_device *dev, int fd);