diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index b4eb62a20bc31..94ba409995e2d 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -31591,7 +31591,7 @@ package android.os {
     method public <K, V> void readMap(@NonNull java.util.Map<? super K,? super V>, @Nullable ClassLoader, @NonNull Class<K>, @NonNull Class<V>);
     method @Deprecated @Nullable public <T extends android.os.Parcelable> T readParcelable(@Nullable ClassLoader);
     method @Nullable public <T extends android.os.Parcelable> T readParcelable(@Nullable ClassLoader, @NonNull Class<T>);
-    method @Nullable public android.os.Parcelable[] readParcelableArray(@Nullable ClassLoader);
+    method @Deprecated @Nullable public android.os.Parcelable[] readParcelableArray(@Nullable ClassLoader);
     method @Nullable public <T> T[] readParcelableArray(@Nullable ClassLoader, @NonNull Class<T>);
     method @Deprecated @Nullable public android.os.Parcelable.Creator<?> readParcelableCreator(@Nullable ClassLoader);
     method @Nullable public <T> android.os.Parcelable.Creator<T> readParcelableCreator(@Nullable ClassLoader, @NonNull Class<T>);
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Parcel.java b/core/java/android/os/Parcel.java
index 8894c85fa7b41..4d5f97c599070 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Parcel.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Parcel.java
@@ -4388,9 +4388,16 @@ public final class Parcel {
      * The given class loader will be used to load any enclosed
      * Parcelables.
      * @return the Parcelable array, or null if the array is null
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use the type-safer version {@link #readParcelableArray(ClassLoader, Class)}
+     *      starting from Android {@link Build.VERSION_CODES#TIRAMISU}. Also consider changing the
+     *      format to use {@link #createTypedArray(Parcelable.Creator)} if possible (eg. if the
+     *      items' class is final) since this is also more performant. Note that changing to the
+     *      latter also requires changing the writes.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     @Nullable
-    public final Parcelable[] readParcelableArray(@Nullable ClassLoader loader) {
+    public Parcelable[] readParcelableArray(@Nullable ClassLoader loader) {
         int N = readInt();
         if (N < 0) {
             return null;