diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
index 0dd6c0bb5d04c..c8ff08c5fec63 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
@@ -6611,5 +6611,26 @@ public class TelephonyManager {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the most recently available signal strength information.
+     *
+     * Get the most recent SignalStrength information reported by the modem. Due
+     * to power saving this information may not always be current.
+     * @return the most recent cached signal strength info from the modem
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public SignalStrength getSignalStrength() {
+        try {
+            ITelephony service = getITelephony();
+            if (service != null) {
+                return service.getSignalStrength(getSubId());
+            }
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Error calling ITelephony#getSignalStrength", e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony.aidl b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony.aidl
index 7c74729ba5868..c53f5d3a2d08c 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony.aidl
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony.aidl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import android.telephony.NeighboringCellInfo;
 import android.telephony.NetworkScanRequest;
 import android.telephony.RadioAccessFamily;
 import android.telephony.ServiceState;
+import android.telephony.SignalStrength;
 import android.telephony.TelephonyHistogram;
 import android.telephony.VisualVoicemailSmsFilterSettings;
 import com.android.ims.internal.IImsServiceController;
@@ -1343,4 +1344,15 @@ interface ITelephony {
      * @hide
      */
     boolean getEmergencyCallbackMode(int subId);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the most recently available signal strength information.
+     *
+     * Get the most recent SignalStrength information reported by the modem. Due
+     * to power saving this information may not always be current.
+     * @param subId Subscription index
+     * @return the most recent cached signal strength info from the modem
+     * @hide
+     */
+    SignalStrength getSignalStrength(int subId);
 }