diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/Android.bp b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e852901ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// This file is autogenerated by hidl-gen -Landroidbp.
+
+hidl_interface {
+    name: "android.hardware.bluetooth.a2dp@1.0",
+    root: "android.hardware",
+    vndk: {
+        enabled: true,
+    },
+    srcs: [
+        "types.hal",
+        "IBluetoothAudioHost.hal",
+        "IBluetoothAudioOffload.hal",
+    ],
+    interfaces: [
+        "android.hidl.base@1.0",
+    ],
+    types: [
+        "BitsPerSample",
+        "ChannelMode",
+        "CodecConfiguration",
+        "CodecType",
+        "SampleRate",
+        "Status",
+    ],
+    gen_java: false,
+}
+
diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioHost.hal b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioHost.hal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..666419dbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioHost.hal
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.bluetooth.a2dp@1.0;
+
+/**
+ * HAL interface for Bluetooth A2DP Offload functionality where
+ * the encoding of the A2DP data packets is offloaded to platform
+ * specific encoders. The A2DP control path is maintained in the
+ * Bluetooth stack.
+ *
+ * This interface is from HAL server to HAL client.
+ *
+ * The HAL server must call into the IBluetoothAudioHost to initiate
+ * the start, suspend and stop of the streaming operation. These
+ * calls return immediately and the results, if any, are send over
+ * the IBluetoothAudioOffload interface.
+ */
+
+interface IBluetoothAudioHost {
+    /**
+     * Invoked when the start stream is requested from HAL server
+     * to HAL client. This indicates that the HAL server
+     * has initialized the platform for streaming use case, and the
+     * HAL client can proceed with the streaming procedure. The
+     * result of the operation must be provided by the HAL
+     * client using the IBluetoothAudioOffload interface.
+     */
+    oneway startStream();
+
+    /**
+     * Invoked when the suspend stream is requested from HAL server
+     * to HAL client. This indicates that the HAL server
+     * wants to suspend the streaming procedure. The result of the
+     * operation must be provided by the HAL client using the
+     * IBluetoothAudioOffload interface.
+     */
+    oneway suspendStream();
+
+    /**
+     * Invoked when the stop stream is requested from HAL server
+     * to HAL client. This indicates that the HAL server wants to
+     * stop and reset the streaming procedure. There is no result
+     * provided by the HAL client for this call.
+     */
+    oneway stopStream();
+
+};
diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioOffload.hal b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioOffload.hal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52a580f848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioOffload.hal
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.bluetooth.a2dp@1.0;
+
+import IBluetoothAudioHost;
+
+/**
+ * HAL interface for Bluetooth A2DP Offload functionality where
+ * the encoding of the A2DP data packets is offloaded to platform
+ * specific encoders. The A2DP control path is maintained in the
+ * Bluetooth stack.
+ *
+ * This interface is from HAL client to HAL server.
+ *
+ * The HAL client must provide the handle of IBluetoothAudioHost as well
+ * as codec configuration to the HAL server, when its connected to an
+ * active A2DP Sink device. HAL Server, based on the feedback from the Audio
+ * framework must call into the commands provided by the IBluetoothAudioHost.
+ * HAL client must call into IBluetoothAudioOffload to provide the status of
+ * these commands. Once the device becomes inactive, the HAL client must
+ * call the endSession to terminate the session with the HAL server.
+ */
+interface IBluetoothAudioOffload {
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the HAL client is connected to an A2DP Sink device
+     * and is ready to stream audio. This function is also used to register
+     * the BluetoothAudioHost interface and the provide the current negotiated
+     * codec.
+     *
+     * |endSession| must be called to unregister the interface.
+     *
+     * @param hostIf interface used to request stream control
+     * @param codecConfig Codec configuration as negotiated with the A2DP Sink
+     *    device
+     * @return status one of the following
+     *    SUCCESS if HAL server successfully initializes the platform with the
+     *        given codec configuration
+     *    UNSUPPORTED_CODEC_CONFIGURATION if HAL server cannot initialize the
+     *        platform with the given codec configuration
+     *    FAILURE if HAL server cannot initialize the platform for any other
+     *        reason
+     */
+    startSession(IBluetoothAudioHost hostIf, CodecConfiguration codecConfig) generates (Status status);
+
+    /**
+     * Updates status for start stream request. The HAL client may need
+     * to communicate to Bluetooth Controller and remote Sink device, in which
+     * case it must update with PENDING status. Once the operation is
+     * completed, it must return with either SUCCESS or FAILURE.
+     *
+     * @param status SUCCESS, FAILURE or PENDING
+     */
+    oneway streamStarted(Status status);
+
+    /**
+     * Updates status for suspend stream request. The HAL client may need
+     * to communicate to Bluetooth Controller and remote device, in which case
+     * it must update with PENDING status. Once the operation is completed, it
+     * must return with either SUCCESS or FAILURE.
+     *
+     * @param status SUCCESS, FAILURE or PENDING
+     */
+    oneway streamSuspended(Status status);
+
+    /**
+     * Ends the current A2DP offload session and unregisters the
+     * BluetoothAudioHost interface.
+     */
+    oneway endSession();
+};
diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/Android.bp b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e6f32db49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+cc_library_shared {
+    name: "android.hardware.bluetooth.a2dp@1.0-impl",
+    relative_install_path: "hw",
+    vendor: true,
+    srcs: [
+        "BluetoothAudioOffload.cpp",
+    ],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libhidlbase",
+        "libhidltransport",
+        "libutils",
+        "android.hardware.bluetooth.a2dp@1.0",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/BluetoothAudioOffload.cpp b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/BluetoothAudioOffload.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a66abe685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/BluetoothAudioOffload.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "BluetoothAudioOffload.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace bluetooth {
+namespace a2dp {
+namespace V1_0 {
+namespace implementation {
+
+IBluetoothAudioOffload* HIDL_FETCH_IBluetoothAudioOffload(const char* /* name */) {
+    return new BluetoothAudioOffload();
+}
+
+// Methods from ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::IBluetoothAudioOffload follow.
+Return<::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status> BluetoothAudioOffload::startSession(
+    const sp<::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::IBluetoothAudioHost>& hostIf __unused,
+    const ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::CodecConfiguration& codecConfig __unused) {
+    /**
+     * Initialize the audio platform if codecConfiguration is supported.
+     * Save the the IBluetoothAudioHost interface, so that it can be used
+     * later to send stream control commands to the HAL client, based on
+     * interaction with Audio framework.
+     */
+    return ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status::FAILURE;
+}
+
+Return<void> BluetoothAudioOffload::streamStarted(
+    ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status status __unused) {
+    /**
+     * Streaming on control path has started,
+     * HAL server should start the streaming on data path.
+     */
+    return Void();
+}
+
+Return<void> BluetoothAudioOffload::streamSuspended(
+    ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status status __unused) {
+    /**
+     * Streaming on control path has suspend,
+     * HAL server should suspend the streaming on data path.
+     */
+    return Void();
+}
+
+Return<void> BluetoothAudioOffload::endSession() {
+    /**
+     * Cleanup the audio platform as remote A2DP Sink device is no
+     * longer active
+     */
+    return Void();
+}
+
+}  // namespace implementation
+}  // namespace V1_0
+}  // namespace a2dp
+}  // namespace bluetooth
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/BluetoothAudioOffload.h b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/BluetoothAudioOffload.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d07b5bca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/default/BluetoothAudioOffload.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_BLUETOOTH_A2DP_V1_0_BLUETOOTHAUDIOOFFLOAD_H
+#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_BLUETOOTH_A2DP_V1_0_BLUETOOTHAUDIOOFFLOAD_H
+
+#include <android/hardware/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/IBluetoothAudioOffload.h>
+#include <hidl/MQDescriptor.h>
+#include <hidl/Status.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace bluetooth {
+namespace a2dp {
+namespace V1_0 {
+namespace implementation {
+
+using ::android::hardware::hidl_array;
+using ::android::hardware::hidl_memory;
+using ::android::hardware::hidl_string;
+using ::android::hardware::hidl_vec;
+using ::android::hardware::Return;
+using ::android::hardware::Void;
+using ::android::sp;
+
+struct BluetoothAudioOffload : public IBluetoothAudioOffload {
+    BluetoothAudioOffload() {}
+    // Methods from ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::IBluetoothAudioOffload follow.
+    Return<::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status> startSession(
+        const sp<::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::IBluetoothAudioHost>& hostIf,
+        const ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::CodecConfiguration& codecConfig) override;
+    Return<void> streamStarted(::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status status) override;
+    Return<void> streamSuspended(
+        ::android::hardware::bluetooth::a2dp::V1_0::Status status) override;
+    Return<void> endSession() override;
+};
+
+extern "C" IBluetoothAudioOffload* HIDL_FETCH_IBluetoothAudioOffload(const char* name);
+
+}  // namespace implementation
+}  // namespace V1_0
+}  // namespace a2dp
+}  // namespace bluetooth
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_HARDWARE_BLUETOOTH_A2DP_V1_0_BLUETOOTHAUDIOOFFLOAD_H
diff --git a/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/types.hal b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/types.hal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a430f05af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluetooth/a2dp/1.0/types.hal
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.bluetooth.a2dp@1.0;
+
+enum Status : uint8_t {
+    SUCCESS,
+    FAILURE,
+    /** codec configuration not supported by the audio platform */
+    UNSUPPORTED_CODEC_CONFIGURATION ,
+    /** operation is pending */
+    PENDING,
+};
+
+enum CodecType : uint32_t {
+    UNKNOWN = 0x00,
+    SBC = 0x01,
+    AAC = 0x02,
+    APTX = 0x04,
+    APTX_HD = 0x08,
+    LDAC = 0x10,
+};
+enum SampleRate : uint32_t {
+    RATE_UNKNOWN = 0x00,
+    RATE_44100 = 0x01,
+    RATE_48000 = 0x02,
+    RATE_88200 = 0x04,
+    RATE_96000 = 0x08,
+    RATE_176400 = 0x10,
+    RATE_192000 = 0x20,
+};
+enum BitsPerSample : uint8_t {
+    BITS_UNKNOWN = 0x00,
+    BITS_16 = 0x01,
+    BITS_24 = 0x02,
+    BITS_32 = 0x04,
+};
+enum ChannelMode : uint8_t {
+    UNKNOWN = 0x00,
+    MONO = 0x01,
+    STEREO = 0x02,
+};
+struct CodecConfiguration {
+    /** Bluetooth A2DP codec */
+    CodecType codecType;
+    /** Sampling rate for encoder */
+    SampleRate sampleRate;
+    /** Bits per sample for encoder */
+    BitsPerSample bitsPerSample;
+    /** Channel mode for encoder */
+    ChannelMode channelMode;
+    /**
+     * The encoded audio bitrate in bits / second.
+     * 0x00000000 - The audio bitrate is not specified / unused
+     * 0x00000001 - 0x00FFFFFF - Encoded audio bitrate in bits/second
+     * 0x01000000 - 0xFFFFFFFF - Reserved
+     */
+    uint32_t encodedAudioBitrate;
+    /** Peer MTU (in octets) */
+    uint16_t peerMtu;
+    union CodecSpecific {
+        /**
+         * SBC Codec specific information
+         * Refer to SBC Codec specific information elements in A2DP v1.3
+         * Profile Specification.
+         */
+        struct SbcData {
+            /** Block length: 4 bits | Subbands: 2 bits | Allocation Method: 2 bits */
+            uint8_t codecParameters;
+            /** Minimum bitpool value */
+            uint8_t minBitpool;
+            /** Maximum bitpool value */
+            uint8_t maxBitpool;
+        } sbcData;
+        struct LdacData {
+            /**
+             * LDAC bitrate index value:
+             * 0x00 - High
+             * 0x01 - Mid
+             * 0x02 - Low
+             * 0x7F - ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate)
+             */
+            uint8_t bitrateIndex;
+        } ldacData;
+    } codecSpecific;
+};