---
title: kAudioSessionCategory_SoloAmbientSound
framework: audiotoolbox
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: audiotoolbox/kaudiosessioncategory_soloambientsound
---

# kAudioSessionCategory_SoloAmbientSound

The default category, used unless you set a category with the AudioSessionSetProperty(_:_:_:) function.

## Declaration

```swift
var kAudioSessionCategory_SoloAmbientSound: Int { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion When you use this category, audio from other apps is silenced. Your audio is silenced by screen locking and by the Silent switch (called the Ring/Silent switch on iPhone). This category is equivalent to the soloAmbient category provided in the AVFoundation framework.

## See Also

### Constants

- [kAudioSessionCategory_AmbientSound](audiotoolbox/kaudiosessioncategory_ambientsound.md)
- [kAudioSessionCategory_MediaPlayback](audiotoolbox/kaudiosessioncategory_mediaplayback.md)
- [kAudioSessionCategory_RecordAudio](audiotoolbox/kaudiosessioncategory_recordaudio.md)
- [kAudioSessionCategory_PlayAndRecord](audiotoolbox/kaudiosessioncategory_playandrecord.md)
- [kAudioSessionCategory_AudioProcessing](audiotoolbox/kaudiosessioncategory_audioprocessing.md)