diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index e3e307c7262d3..7ed1a4382054e 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -32263,6 +32263,7 @@ package android.os {
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={"android.permission.MANAGE_USERS", "android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS"}, conditional=true) public boolean isUserRunningOrStopping(android.os.UserHandle);
     method public boolean isUserUnlocked();
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={"android.permission.MANAGE_USERS", "android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS"}, conditional=true) public boolean isUserUnlocked(android.os.UserHandle);
+    method public boolean isUserVisible();
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={"android.permission.MANAGE_USERS", "android.permission.MODIFY_QUIET_MODE"}, conditional=true) public boolean requestQuietModeEnabled(boolean, @NonNull android.os.UserHandle);
     method public boolean requestQuietModeEnabled(boolean, @NonNull android.os.UserHandle, int);
     method @Deprecated public boolean setRestrictionsChallenge(String);
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/IUserManager.aidl b/core/java/android/os/IUserManager.aidl
index e5de3e157c88c..f69d6b0652467 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/IUserManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/os/IUserManager.aidl
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ interface IUserManager {
     boolean isUserUnlocked(int userId);
     boolean isUserRunning(int userId);
     boolean isUserForeground(int userId);
+    boolean isUserVisible(int userId);
     boolean isUserNameSet(int userId);
     boolean hasRestrictedProfiles(int userId);
     boolean requestQuietModeEnabled(String callingPackage, boolean enableQuietMode, int userId, in IntentSender target, int flags);
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java b/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
index d14d2e4402fe2..c802e56c8dc75 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
@@ -2857,6 +2857,30 @@ public class UserManager {
         return isUsersOnSecondaryDisplaysEnabled();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the user is visible at the moment.
+     *
+     * <p>Roughly speaking, a "visible user" is a user that can present UI on at least one display.
+     * It includes:
+     *
+     * <ol>
+     *   <li>The current foreground user in the main display.
+     *   <li>Current background users in secondary displays (for example, passenger users on
+     *   automotive, using the display associated with their seats).
+     *   <li>Profile users (in the running / started state) of other visible users.
+     * </ol>
+     *
+     * @return whether the user is visible at the moment, as defined above.
+     */
+    @UserHandleAware
+    public boolean isUserVisible() {
+        try {
+            return mService.isUserVisible(mUserId);
+        } catch (RemoteException re) {
+            throw re.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return whether the context user is running in an "unlocked" state.
      * <p>
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/UserManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/UserManagerService.java
index ed745b83b30c7..38318291a328b 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/UserManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/UserManagerService.java
@@ -1654,6 +1654,12 @@ public class UserManagerService extends IUserManager.Stub {
         return currentUser == userId;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isUserVisible(@UserIdInt int userId) {
+        // TODO(b/239824814): implement other cases like bg user, profile, user on secondary display
+        return isUserForeground(userId);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public @NonNull String getUserName() {
         final int callingUid = Binder.getCallingUid();