diff --git a/core/api/system-current.txt b/core/api/system-current.txt
index 7e12e2ee12a46..3395ecc9a12ad 100644
--- a/core/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/core/api/system-current.txt
@@ -4370,6 +4370,7 @@ package android.media {
     field public static final int PLAYER_STATE_STARTED = 2; // 0x2
     field public static final int PLAYER_STATE_STOPPED = 4; // 0x4
     field public static final int PLAYER_STATE_UNKNOWN = -1; // 0xffffffff
+    field public static final int PLAYER_TYPE_AAUDIO = 13; // 0xd
     field public static final int PLAYER_TYPE_JAM_AUDIOTRACK = 1; // 0x1
     field public static final int PLAYER_TYPE_JAM_MEDIAPLAYER = 2; // 0x2
     field public static final int PLAYER_TYPE_JAM_SOUNDPOOL = 3; // 0x3
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioPlaybackConfiguration.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioPlaybackConfiguration.java
index 515e9d0d4c5cc..17305a501cd0f 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioPlaybackConfiguration.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioPlaybackConfiguration.java
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ public final class AudioPlaybackConfiguration implements Parcelable {
     /**
      * @hide
      * Player backed an AAudio player.
-     * Note this type is not in System API so it will not be returned in public API calls
      */
-    // TODO unhide for SystemApi, update getPlayerType()
+    @SystemApi
     public static final int PLAYER_TYPE_AAUDIO = 13;
 
     /**
@@ -280,10 +279,7 @@ public final class AudioPlaybackConfiguration implements Parcelable {
 
     /**
      * @hide
-     * Return the type of player linked to this configuration. The return value is one of
-     * {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_JAM_AUDIOTRACK}, {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_JAM_MEDIAPLAYER},
-     * {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_JAM_SOUNDPOOL}, {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_SLES_AUDIOPLAYER_BUFFERQUEUE},
-     * {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_SLES_AUDIOPLAYER_URI_FD}, or {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_UNKNOWN}.
+     * Return the type of player linked to this configuration.
      * <br>Note that player types not exposed in the system API will be represented as
      * {@link #PLAYER_TYPE_UNKNOWN}.
      * @return the type of the player.
@@ -291,7 +287,6 @@ public final class AudioPlaybackConfiguration implements Parcelable {
     @SystemApi
     public @PlayerType int getPlayerType() {
         switch (mPlayerType) {
-            case PLAYER_TYPE_AAUDIO:
             case PLAYER_TYPE_HW_SOURCE:
             case PLAYER_TYPE_EXTERNAL_PROXY:
                 return PLAYER_TYPE_UNKNOWN;