---
title: soloAmbient
framework: avfaudio
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/soloambient
---

# soloAmbient

The default audio session category.

## Declaration

```swift
static let soloAmbient: AVAudioSession.Category
```

## Discussion

Discussion Your audio is silenced by screen locking and by the Silent switch (called the Ring/Silent switch on iPhone). By default, using this category implies that your app’s audio is nonmixable—activating your session will interrupt any other audio sessions which are also nonmixable. To allow mixing, use the ambient category instead.

## See Also

### Getting Standard Categories

- [ambient](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/ambient.md)
- [multiRoute](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/multiroute.md)
- [playAndRecord](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/playandrecord.md)
- [playback](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/playback.md)
- [record](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/record.md)
- [audioProcessing](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct/audioprocessing.md)