---
title: utility
framework: dispatch
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: dispatch/dispatchqos/utility
---

# utility

The quality-of-service class for tasks that the user does not track actively.

## Declaration

```swift
static let utility: DispatchQoS
```

## Discussion

Discussion Utility tasks have a lower priority than default, user-initiated, and user-interactive tasks, but a higher priority than background tasks. Assign this quality-of-service class to tasks that do not prevent the user from continuing to use your app. For example, you might assign this class to long-running tasks whose progress the user does not follow actively.

## See Also

### Getting the Predefined QoS Objects

- [userInteractive](dispatch/dispatchqos/userinteractive.md)
- [userInitiated](dispatch/dispatchqos/userinitiated.md)
- [default](dispatch/dispatchqos/default.md)
- [background](dispatch/dispatchqos/background.md)
- [unspecified](dispatch/dispatchqos/unspecified.md)