---
title: AVAudioSession.CategoryOptions
framework: avfaudio
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct
---

# AVAudioSession.CategoryOptions

Constants that specify optional audio behaviors.

## Declaration

```swift
struct CategoryOptions
```

## Overview

Overview Each option is valid only for specific audio session categories.

## Topics

### Category options

- [allowAirPlay](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/allowairplay.md)
- [allowBluetooth](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/allowbluetooth.md)
- [allowBluetoothA2DP](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/allowbluetootha2dp.md)
- [allowBluetoothHFP](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/allowbluetoothhfp.md)
- [bluetoothHighQualityRecording](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/bluetoothhighqualityrecording.md)
- [defaultToSpeaker](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/defaulttospeaker.md)
- [duckOthers](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/duckothers.md)
- [farFieldInput](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/farfieldinput.md)
- [interruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/interruptspokenaudioandmixwithothers.md)
- [mixWithOthers](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/mixwithothers.md)
- [overrideMutedMicrophoneInterruption](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/overridemutedmicrophoneinterruption.md)

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/init(rawvalue:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [BitwiseCopyable](swift/bitwisecopyable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [ExpressibleByArrayLiteral](swift/expressiblebyarrayliteral.md)
- [OptionSet](swift/optionset.md)
- [RawRepresentable](swift/rawrepresentable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [SetAlgebra](swift/setalgebra.md)

## See Also

### Inspecting the category configuration

- [category](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.property.md)
- [availableCategories](avfaudio/avaudiosession/availablecategories.md)
- [AVAudioSession.Category](avfaudio/avaudiosession/category-swift.struct.md)
- [categoryOptions](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.property.md)
- [farFieldInput](avfaudio/avaudiosession/categoryoptions-swift.struct/farfieldinput.md)