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Struct AudioUsage

sealed struct AudioUsage
Struct whose value field is used to signify the Audio Usage This field tells what is this sound used for. This is achieved with the “usage” information.

Fields

Constants

MEDIA

AudioUsage = {"MEDIA"}
Audio Usage for Music streaming

COMMUNICATION

AudioUsage = {"COMMUNICATION"}
Audio Usage for Telephony/VoIP calling

ALARM

AudioUsage = {"ALARM"}
Audio Usage for Alarms

NOTIFICATION

AudioUsage = {"NOTIFICATION"}
Audio Usage for Notification sounds

ACCESSIBILITY

AudioUsage = {"ACCESSIBILITY"}
Audio Usage for Accessibility prompts

ANNOUNCEMENT

AudioUsage = {"ANNOUNCEMENT"}
Audio Usage for Announcements
AudioUsage = {"NAVIGATION"}
Audio Usage for Navigation audio instructions

RING

AudioUsage = {"RING"}
Audio Usage for Ringtone playback

VOICE_ASSISTANT

AudioUsage = {"VOICE_ASSISTANT"}
Audio Usage for Voice Assistant (TTS) response

SYSTEM

AudioUsage = {"SYSTEM"}
Audio Usage for any system generated audio tones such as UI touch tones etc.

VOICE_RECOGNITION

AudioUsage = {"VOICE_RECOGNITION"}
Audio Usage for Voice Recognition i.e. Voice Assistant is listening to user’s audio

VOICE_PROMPT

AudioUsage = {"VOICE_PROMPT"}
Audio Usage for any Voice Prompts to guide the user to perform certain actions

SPOKEN_WORD_CONTENT

AudioUsage = {"SPOKEN_WORD_CONTENT"}
Audio Usage for audio books, pod casts, etc.

TEXT_READER

AudioUsage = {"TEXT_READER"}
Audio Usage for to read text messages, etc.

VEHICLE_CHIME

AudioUsage = {"VEHICLE_CHIME"}
Audio Usage for to vehicle chime, etc.

SAFETY_ALERT

AudioUsage = {"SAFETY_ALERT"}
Audio Usage for to safety alert, etc.

EMERGENCY_CALL

AudioUsage = {"EMERGENCY_CALL"}
Audio Usage for to emergency call, etc.

FLASH_BRIEFING

AudioUsage = {"FLASH_BRIEFING"}
Audio Usage for to alexa news flash briefing, etc.

AMBIENT_UI

AudioUsage = {"AMBIENT_UI"}
Audio Usage for ambient/decorative UI sounds (e.g., clock tick animations)
Last modified on October 29, 2026