diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/AudioSink.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/AudioSink.java
index 71d1da0172..a783cbb32b 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/AudioSink.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/AudioSink.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import android.media.AudioTrack;
 import androidx.annotation.IntDef;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 import androidx.media3.common.AudioAttributes;
 import androidx.media3.common.AuxEffectInfo;
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
@@ -646,18 +645,16 @@ default void setOutputStreamOffsetUs(long outputStreamOffsetUs) {}
   void disableTunneling();
 
   /**
-   * Sets audio offload mode, if possible. Enabling offload is only possible if the sink is based on
-   * a platform {@link AudioTrack}, and requires platform API version 29 onwards.
+   * Sets audio offload mode, if possible. If the sink is based on a platform {@link AudioTrack},
+   * enabling offload requires platform API version 29 onwards.
    */
-  @RequiresApi(29)
   default void setOffloadMode(@OffloadMode int offloadMode) {}
 
   /**
-   * Sets offload delay padding on the {@link AudioTrack}, if possible. Setting the offload delay
-   * padding is only possible if the sink is based on a platform {@link AudioTrack} in offload mode.
-   * Also requires platform API version 29 onwards.
+   * Sets offload delay padding on the {@link AudioTrack}, if possible. If the sink is based on a
+   * platform {@link AudioTrack}, setting the offload delay padding requires platform API version 29
+   * onwards and the {@link AudioTrack} must be in offload mode.
    */
-  @RequiresApi(29)
   default void setOffloadDelayPadding(int delayInFrames, int paddingInFrames) {}
 
   /** Sets the {@link AudioOutputProvider} to use as the output path. */
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
index 74c9298bbe..7f088edd18 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
@@ -1260,9 +1260,7 @@ public boolean isEnded() {
   @Override
   public boolean hasPendingData() {
     return isAudioOutputInitialized()
-        && (SDK_INT < 29
-            || !audioOutput.isOffloadedPlayback()
-            || !handledOffloadOnPresentationEnded)
+        && (!audioOutput.isOffloadedPlayback() || !handledOffloadOnPresentationEnded)
         && hasAudioOutputPendingData(getWrittenFrames());
   }
 
@@ -1399,14 +1397,11 @@ public void disableTunneling() {
     }
   }
 
-  @RequiresApi(29)
   @Override
   public void setOffloadMode(@OffloadMode int offloadMode) {
-    checkState(SDK_INT >= 29);
     this.offloadMode = offloadMode;
   }
 
-  @RequiresApi(29)
   @Override
   public void setOffloadDelayPadding(int delayInFrames, int paddingInFrames) {
     if (audioOutput != null
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/ForwardingAudioSink.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/ForwardingAudioSink.java
index 1b99c2e510..8f2b121194 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/ForwardingAudioSink.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/ForwardingAudioSink.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 import android.media.AudioDeviceInfo;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 import androidx.media3.common.AudioAttributes;
 import androidx.media3.common.AuxEffectInfo;
 import androidx.media3.common.Format;
@@ -182,13 +181,11 @@ public void disableTunneling() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  @RequiresApi(29)
   public void setOffloadMode(@OffloadMode int offloadMode) {
     sink.setOffloadMode(offloadMode);
   }
 
   @Override
-  @RequiresApi(29)
   public void setOffloadDelayPadding(int delayInFrames, int paddingInFrames) {
     sink.setOffloadDelayPadding(delayInFrames, paddingInFrames);
   }
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
index 9abbfb0cb7..0f009a106e 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
@@ -669,15 +669,13 @@ protected void onOutputFormatChanged(Format format, @Nullable MediaFormat mediaF
       }
     }
     try {
-      if (SDK_INT >= 29) {
-        if (isBypassEnabled()
-            && getConfiguration().offloadModePreferred != AudioSink.OFFLOAD_MODE_DISABLED) {
-          // TODO(b/280050553): Investigate potential issue where bypass is enabled for passthrough
-          //  but offload is not supported
-          audioSink.setOffloadMode(getConfiguration().offloadModePreferred);
-        } else {
-          audioSink.setOffloadMode(AudioSink.OFFLOAD_MODE_DISABLED);
-        }
+      if (isBypassEnabled()
+          && getConfiguration().offloadModePreferred != AudioSink.OFFLOAD_MODE_DISABLED) {
+        // TODO(b/280050553): Investigate potential issue where bypass is enabled for passthrough
+        //  but offload is not supported
+        audioSink.setOffloadMode(getConfiguration().offloadModePreferred);
+      } else {
+        audioSink.setOffloadMode(AudioSink.OFFLOAD_MODE_DISABLED);
       }
       audioSink.configure(audioSinkInputFormat, /* specifiedBufferSize= */ 0, channelMap);
     } catch (AudioSink.ConfigurationException e) {
@@ -979,8 +977,7 @@ public void handleMessage(@MessageType int messageType, @Nullable Object message
 
   @Override
   protected void handleInputBufferSupplementalData(DecoderInputBuffer buffer) {
-    if (SDK_INT >= 29
-        && buffer.format != null
+    if (buffer.format != null
         && Objects.equals(buffer.format.sampleMimeType, MimeTypes.AUDIO_OPUS)
         && isBypassEnabled()) {
       ByteBuffer data = checkNotNull(buffer.supplementalData);