# OpenSL vs AudioTrack on Android API 26+ (avoiding AAudio) **URL:** \ **Category:** FMOD Engine\ **Created:** [October 2, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/opensl-vs-audiotrack-on-android-api-26-avoiding-aaudio/23421 "2025-10-02T19:07:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/opensl-vs-audiotrack-on-android-api-26-avoiding-aaudio/23421/6 "2025-10-21T04:31:27Z")
Thank you for testing that and sharing your code. I have been able to reproduce the same times. I will pass this info on to our development team. However, I will note our docs which addresses latency on Android: [FMOD Engine | Platforms Android - Audio Latency](https://fmod.com/docs/2.03/api/platforms-android.html#audio-latency). > [@sviudes](#): > > Is it safe to always use OpenSL on API 26+ devices? As OpenSl has been deprecated: [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/audio/opensl](https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/audio/opensl), I cannot say that it will be safe on all devices. You could attempt to initialize the FMOD system with OpenSL and on failure resort to AAudio? > [@sviudes](#): > > If not, is there a way to ask FMOD which one (OpenSL vs AudioTrack) is better for the current device, like calling init with AUTODETECT but excluding AAudio? Unfortunately, you cannot filter outputs when using `AUTODETECT`, I could suggest this to our development team to look into however. I will link to a post where some options for dealing with latency were discussed: [High latency with AAudio - #2 by jeff\_fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/t/high-latency-with-aaudio/19196/2). --- _[View the full topic](https://qa.fmod.com/t/opensl-vs-audiotrack-on-android-api-26-avoiding-aaudio/23421)._