diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/plugin/src/com/android/systemui/plugins/NotificationPersonExtractorPlugin.java b/packages/SystemUI/plugin/src/com/android/systemui/plugins/NotificationPersonExtractorPlugin.java
index 802a8dab92d94..6650c15d6742f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/plugin/src/com/android/systemui/plugins/NotificationPersonExtractorPlugin.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/plugin/src/com/android/systemui/plugins/NotificationPersonExtractorPlugin.java
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ import com.android.systemui.plugins.annotations.ProvidesInterface;
 public interface NotificationPersonExtractorPlugin extends Plugin {
 
     String ACTION = "com.android.systemui.action.PEOPLE_HUB_PERSON_EXTRACTOR";
-    int VERSION = 0;
+    int VERSION = 1;
 
     /**
      * Attempts to extract a person from a notification. Returns {@code null} if one is not found.
      */
-    @Nullable PersonData extractPerson(StatusBarNotification sbn);
+    @Nullable
+    PersonData extractPerson(StatusBarNotification sbn);
 
     /**
      * Attempts to extract a person id from a notification. Returns {@code null} if one is not
@@ -50,6 +51,14 @@ public interface NotificationPersonExtractorPlugin extends Plugin {
         return extractPerson(sbn).key;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines whether or not a notification should be treated as having a person. Used for
+     * appropriate positioning in the notification shade.
+     */
+    default boolean isPersonNotification(StatusBarNotification sbn) {
+        return extractPersonKey(sbn) != null;
+    }
+
     /** A person to be surfaced in PeopleHub. */
     @ProvidesInterface(version = PersonData.VERSION)
     final class PersonData {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleHubNotificationListener.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleHubNotificationListener.kt
index 9091d94e45f05..987b52dbc2e8d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleHubNotificationListener.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleHubNotificationListener.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private const val MAX_STORED_INACTIVE_PEOPLE = 10
 interface NotificationPersonExtractor {
     fun extractPerson(sbn: StatusBarNotification): PersonModel?
     fun extractPersonKey(sbn: StatusBarNotification): String?
+    fun isPersonNotification(sbn: StatusBarNotification): Boolean
 }
 
 @Singleton
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ class NotificationPersonExtractorPluginBoundary @Inject constructor(
             }
 
     override fun extractPersonKey(sbn: StatusBarNotification) = plugin?.extractPersonKey(sbn)
+
+    override fun isPersonNotification(sbn: StatusBarNotification): Boolean =
+            plugin?.isPersonNotification(sbn) ?: false
 }
 
 @Singleton
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleNotificationIdentifier.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleNotificationIdentifier.kt
index bfd4070846f32..78eaf3ee10a4a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleNotificationIdentifier.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/people/PeopleNotificationIdentifier.kt
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ class PeopleNotificationIdentifierImpl @Inject constructor(
 
     override fun isPeopleNotification(sbn: StatusBarNotification) =
             sbn.notification.notificationStyle == Notification.MessagingStyle::class.java ||
-                    personExtractor.extractPersonKey(sbn) != null
+                    personExtractor.isPersonNotification(sbn)
 }
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