diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java
index a8f313b9df8a8..dc3041fb4878e 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public final class AudioAttributes implements Parcelable {
     /**
      * Indicates that the audio may be captured by any app.
      *
-     * For privacy, the following usages can not be recorded: VOICE_COMMUNICATION*,
+     * For privacy, the following usages cannot be recorded: VOICE_COMMUNICATION*,
      * USAGE_NOTIFICATION*, USAGE_ASSISTANCE* and USAGE_ASSISTANT.
      *
      * On {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#Q}, this means only {@link #USAGE_UNKNOWN},
@@ -413,11 +413,11 @@ public final class AudioAttributes implements Parcelable {
     /**
      * Indicates that the audio may only be captured by system apps.
      *
-     * System apps can capture for many purposes like accessibility, user guidance...
+     * System apps can capture for many purposes like accessibility, live captions, user guidance...
      * but abide to the following restrictions:
-     *  - the audio can not leave the device
-     *  - the audio can not be passed to a third party app
-     *  - the audio can not be recorded at a higher quality then 16kHz 16bit mono
+     *  - the audio cannot leave the device
+     *  - the audio cannot be passed to a third party app
+     *  - the audio cannot be recorded at a higher quality than 16kHz 16bit mono
      *
      * See {@link Builder#setAllowedCapturePolicy}.
      */
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMix.java b/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMix.java
index 2f03d26830f2b..a82c78fad2710 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMix.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMix.java
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ public class AudioMix {
      */
     public static final int ROUTE_FLAG_LOOP_BACK = 0x1 << 1;
 
+    /**
+     * An audio mix behavior where the targeted audio is played unaffected but a copy is
+     * accessible for capture through {@link AudioRecord}.
+     *
+     * Only capture of playback is supported, not capture of capture.
+     * Use concurrent capture instead to capture what is captured by other apps.
+     *
+     * The captured audio is an approximation of the played audio.
+     * Effects and volume are not applied, and track are mixed with different delay then in the HAL.
+     * As a result, this API is not suitable for echo cancelling.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int ROUTE_FLAG_LOOP_BACK_RENDER = ROUTE_FLAG_LOOP_BACK | ROUTE_FLAG_RENDER;
+
     private static final int ROUTE_FLAG_SUPPORTED = ROUTE_FLAG_RENDER | ROUTE_FLAG_LOOP_BACK;
 
     // MIX_TYPE_* values to keep in sync with frameworks/av/include/media/AudioPolicy.h
@@ -125,6 +139,15 @@ public class AudioMix {
      */
     public static final int MIX_STATE_MIXING = 1;
 
+    /** Maximum sampling rate for privileged playback capture*/
+    private static final int PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_SAMPLE_RATE = 16000;
+
+    /** Maximum channel number for privileged playback capture*/
+    private static final int PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_CHANNEL_NUMBER = 1;
+
+    /** Maximum channel number for privileged playback capture*/
+    private static final int PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_BYTES_PER_SAMPLE = 2;
+
     /**
      * The current mixing state.
      * @return one of {@link #MIX_STATE_DISABLED}, {@link #MIX_STATE_IDLE},
@@ -140,7 +163,8 @@ public class AudioMix {
         return mRouteFlags;
     }
 
-    AudioFormat getFormat() {
+    /** @hide */
+    public AudioFormat getFormat() {
         return mFormat;
     }
 
@@ -182,6 +206,31 @@ public class AudioMix {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /** @return an error string if the format would not allow Privileged playbackCapture
+     *          null otherwise
+     * @hide */
+    public static String canBeUsedForPrivilegedCapture(AudioFormat format) {
+        int sampleRate = format.getSampleRate();
+        if (sampleRate > PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_SAMPLE_RATE || sampleRate <= 0) {
+            return "Privileged audio capture sample rate " + sampleRate
+                   + " can not be over " + PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_SAMPLE_RATE + "kHz";
+        }
+        int channelCount = format.getChannelCount();
+        if (channelCount > PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_CHANNEL_NUMBER || channelCount <= 0) {
+            return "Privileged audio capture channel count " + channelCount + " can not be over "
+                   + PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_CHANNEL_NUMBER;
+        }
+        int encoding = format.getEncoding();
+        if (!format.isPublicEncoding(encoding) || !format.isEncodingLinearPcm(encoding)) {
+            return "Privileged audio capture encoding " + encoding + "is not linear";
+        }
+        if (format.getBytesPerSample(encoding) > PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_BYTES_PER_SAMPLE) {
+            return "Privileged audio capture encoding " + encoding + " can not be over "
+                   + PRIVILEDGED_CAPTURE_MAX_BYTES_PER_SAMPLE + " bytes per sample";
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /** @hide */
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
@@ -390,6 +439,12 @@ public class AudioMix {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            if (mRule.allowPrivilegedPlaybackCapture()) {
+                String error = AudioMix.canBeUsedForPrivilegedCapture(mFormat);
+                if (error != null) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(error);
+                }
+            }
             return new AudioMix(mRule, mFormat, mRouteFlags, mCallbackFlags, mDeviceSystemType,
                     mDeviceAddress);
         }
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMixingRule.java b/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMixingRule.java
index ed2fdae71fb0e..c4afd95be9ac6 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMixingRule.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/audiopolicy/AudioMixingRule.java
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ public class AudioMixingRule {
         /**
          * Set if the audio of app that opted out of audio playback capture should be captured.
          *
+         * Caller of this method with <code>true</code>, MUST abide to the restriction listed in
+         * {@link ALLOW_CAPTURE_BY_SYSTEM}, including but not limited to the captured audio
+         * can not leave the capturing app, and the quality is limited to 16k mono.
+         *
          * The permission {@link CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT} or {@link CAPTURE_MEDIA_OUTPUT} is needed
          * to ignore the opt-out.
          *
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java
index 2631c23da8e1e..86832f444ff0b 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java
@@ -6761,6 +6761,12 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub
             if (mix.getRule().allowPrivilegedPlaybackCapture()) {
                 // then it must have CAPTURE_MEDIA_OUTPUT or CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT permission
                 requireCaptureAudioOrMediaOutputPerm |= true;
+                // and its format must be low quality enough
+                String error = mix.canBeUsedForPrivilegedCapture(mix.getFormat());
+                if (error != null) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, error);
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
 
             // If mix is RENDER|LOOPBACK, then an audio MediaProjection is enough