diff --git a/include/hardware/audio_policy.h b/include/hardware/audio_policy.h
index c635ebf..4e75e02 100644
--- a/include/hardware/audio_policy.h
+++ b/include/hardware/audio_policy.h
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@
                                     uint32_t samplingRate,
                                     audio_format_t format,
                                     audio_channel_mask_t channelMask,
-                                    audio_output_flags_t flags);
+                                    audio_output_flags_t flags,
+                                    const audio_offload_info_t *offloadInfo);
 
     /* indicates to the audio policy manager that the output starts being used
      * by corresponding stream. */
@@ -241,6 +242,10 @@
 
     /* dump state */
     int (*dump)(const struct audio_policy *pol, int fd);
+
+    /* check if offload is possible for given sample rate, bitrate, duration, ... */
+    bool (*is_offload_supported)(const struct audio_policy *pol,
+                                const audio_offload_info_t *info);
 };
 
 /* audio hw module handle used by load_hw_module(), open_output_on_module()
@@ -390,7 +395,8 @@
                                      audio_format_t *pFormat,
                                      audio_channel_mask_t *pChannelMask,
                                      uint32_t *pLatencyMs,
-                                     audio_output_flags_t flags);
+                                     audio_output_flags_t flags,
+                                     const audio_offload_info_t *offloadInfo);
 
     /* Opens an audio input on a particular HW module.
      *