For more information, see Audio Devices Reference.įor step-by-step guidance, see Getting Started with Universal Windows Drivers. For more information, see Validating Universal Windows Drivers.ĭDI reference documentation: The DDI reference documentation is updated to indicate which DDIs are supported by Universal Windows drivers. This tool is part of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) for Windows 10, and runs automatically if you are using Visual Studio 2015. For more information about setting up the driver development environment, see Getting Started with Universal Windows Drivers.ĪPIValidator Tool: You can use the ApiValidator.exe tool to verify that the APIs your driver calls are valid for a Universal Windows driver. Visual Studio 2015: Set 'Target Platform' equal to 'Universal'. These tools are available to develop Universal Windows drivers: This can reduce development time and cost for initial development and later code maintenance. IHVs can develop a Universal Windows driver that works on all devices (desktops, laptops, tablets, phones). Getting Started with Universal Windows drivers for Audio

In addition to the Universal Windows drivers for audio, Windows continues to support previous audio driver technologies, such as WDM. This topic discusses the benefits of this approach as well as the differences between platforms. In Windows 10 you can write a universal audio driver that will work across many types of hardware.