From 4725213eeff211267fa9c8f71bee1baad406f590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:53:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support the "ambient" value for SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY

Fixes https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/13732
---
 src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m b/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m
index e7d9e58a39..3a2217802f 100644
--- a/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m
+++ b/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ static bool UpdateAudioSession(SDL_AudioDevice *device, bool open, bool allow_pl
 
         hint = SDL_GetHint(SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY);
         if (hint) {
-            if (SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient") == 0) {
+            if (SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient") == 0 ||
+                SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "ambient") == 0) {
                 category = AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient;
             } else if (SDL_strcasecmp(hint, "AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient") == 0) {
                 category = AVAudioSessionCategorySoloAmbient;