diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 0a8965f7aeaf4..491883bc0951c 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -3265,6 +3265,7 @@ package android.animation {
   public class ValueAnimator extends android.animation.Animator {
     ctor public ValueAnimator();
     method public void addUpdateListener(android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener);
+    method public static boolean areAnimatorsEnabled();
     method public float getAnimatedFraction();
     method public java.lang.Object getAnimatedValue();
     method public java.lang.Object getAnimatedValue(java.lang.String);
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 2b5c33d09cca6..519bfb81feadc 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -3380,6 +3380,7 @@ package android.animation {
   public class ValueAnimator extends android.animation.Animator {
     ctor public ValueAnimator();
     method public void addUpdateListener(android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener);
+    method public static boolean areAnimatorsEnabled();
     method public float getAnimatedFraction();
     method public java.lang.Object getAnimatedValue();
     method public java.lang.Object getAnimatedValue(java.lang.String);
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 4de2c6173b2e0..841fe431524d1 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -3265,6 +3265,7 @@ package android.animation {
   public class ValueAnimator extends android.animation.Animator {
     ctor public ValueAnimator();
     method public void addUpdateListener(android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener);
+    method public static boolean areAnimatorsEnabled();
     method public float getAnimatedFraction();
     method public java.lang.Object getAnimatedValue();
     method public java.lang.Object getAnimatedValue(java.lang.String);
diff --git a/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java b/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
index a09c9204239e6..ed7e89dff353c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
+++ b/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
@@ -275,6 +275,23 @@ public class ValueAnimator extends Animator implements AnimationHandler.Animatio
         return sDurationScale;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether animators are currently enabled, system-wide. By default, all
+     * animators are enabled. This can change if either the user sets a Developer Option
+     * to set the animator duration scale to 0 or by Battery Savery mode being enabled
+     * (which disables all animations).
+     *
+     * <p>Developers should not typically need to call this method, but should an app wish
+     * to show a different experience when animators are disabled, this return value
+     * can be used as a decider of which experience to offer.
+     *
+     * @return boolean Whether animators are currently enabled. The default value is
+     * <code>true</code>.
+     */
+    public static boolean areAnimatorsEnabled() {
+        return !(sDurationScale == 0);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new ValueAnimator object. This default constructor is primarily for
      * use internally; the factory methods which take parameters are more generally