diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index 98c2d40aa9527..575663f926a06 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -52975,7 +52975,7 @@ package android.view.translation {
     method public void onFinished();
     method public void onPaused();
     method public default void onResumed(@NonNull android.icu.util.ULocale, @NonNull android.icu.util.ULocale);
-    method @Deprecated public void onStarted(@NonNull String, @NonNull String);
+    method @Deprecated public default void onStarted(@NonNull String, @NonNull String);
     method public default void onStarted(@NonNull android.icu.util.ULocale, @NonNull android.icu.util.ULocale);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/translation/UiTranslationStateCallback.java b/core/java/android/view/translation/UiTranslationStateCallback.java
index 1bae0efb632ee..9aa089d1e1bc7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/translation/UiTranslationStateCallback.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/translation/UiTranslationStateCallback.java
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ public interface UiTranslationStateCallback {
      * @deprecated use {@link #onStarted(ULocale, ULocale)} instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
-    void onStarted(@NonNull String sourceLocale, @NonNull String targetLocale);
+    default void onStarted(@NonNull String sourceLocale, @NonNull String targetLocale) {
+        // no-op
+    }
 
     /**
      * The system is requesting translation of the UI from {@code sourceLocale} to {@code