diff --git a/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/lib/hcpp/platform_view_main.dart b/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/lib/hcpp/platform_view_main.dart
index c941d4427c..1b3c1d32ee 100644
--- a/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/lib/hcpp/platform_view_main.dart
+++ b/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/lib/hcpp/platform_view_main.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+import 'dart:convert';
+
 import 'package:android_driver_extensions/extension.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
@@ -14,7 +16,14 @@ import '../src/allow_list_devices.dart';
 
 void main() async {
   ensureAndroidDevice();
-  enableFlutterDriverExtension(commands: <CommandExtension>[nativeDriverCommands]);
+  enableFlutterDriverExtension(
+    handler: (String? command) async {
+      return json.encode(<String, Object?>{
+        'supported': await HybridAndroidViewController.checkIfSupported(),
+      });
+    },
+    commands: <CommandExtension>[nativeDriverCommands],
+  );
 
   // Run on full screen.
   await SystemChrome.setEnabledSystemUIMode(SystemUiMode.immersive);
diff --git a/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/test_driver/hcpp/platform_view_main_test.dart b/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/test_driver/hcpp/platform_view_main_test.dart
index ec4a6bcfc3..a93856e593 100644
--- a/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/test_driver/hcpp/platform_view_main_test.dart
+++ b/dev/integration_tests/android_engine_test/test_driver/hcpp/platform_view_main_test.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+import 'dart:convert';
+
 import 'package:android_driver_extensions/native_driver.dart';
 import 'package:android_driver_extensions/skia_gold.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_driver/flutter_driver.dart';
@@ -43,6 +45,13 @@ void main() async {
     await flutterDriver.close();
   });
 
+  test('verify that HCPP is supported and enabled', () async {
+    final Map<String, Object?> response =
+        json.decode(await flutterDriver.requestData('')) as Map<String, Object?>;
+
+    expect(response['supported'], true);
+  }, timeout: Timeout.none);
+
   test('should screenshot an HCPP platform view', () async {
     await expectLater(
       nativeDriver.screenshot(),
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.cc b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.cc
index e86effe09b..6fd4d87046 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "common/settings.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/cpu_affinity.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/logging.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/make_copyable.h"
@@ -261,8 +262,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<AndroidShellHolder> AndroidShellHolder::Spawn(
     return std::make_unique<Rasterizer>(shell);
   };
 
-  // TODO(xster): could be worth tracing this to investigate whether
-  // the IsolateConfiguration could be cached somewhere.
   auto config = BuildRunConfiguration(entrypoint, libraryUrl, entrypoint_args);
   if (!config) {
     // If the RunConfiguration was null, the kernel blob wasn't readable.
@@ -358,4 +357,8 @@ void AndroidShellHolder::UpdateDisplayMetrics() {
   shell_->OnDisplayUpdates(std::move(displays));
 }
 
+bool AndroidShellHolder::IsSurfaceControlEnabled() {
+  return GetPlatformView()->IsSurfaceControlEnabled();
+}
+
 }  // namespace flutter
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.h b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.h
index 276f46a043..b72ecec586 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ class AndroidShellHolder {
 
   fml::WeakPtr<PlatformViewAndroid> GetPlatformView();
 
+  bool IsSurfaceControlEnabled();
+
   Rasterizer::Screenshot Screenshot(Rasterizer::ScreenshotType type,
                                     bool base64_encode);
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterEngine.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterEngine.java
index 9e46ada709..7845b1e3e5 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterEngine.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterEngine.java
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ public class FlutterEngine implements ViewUtils.DisplayUpdater {
 
     PlatformViewsController2 platformViewsController2 = new PlatformViewsController2();
     platformViewsController2.setRegistry(platformViewsController.getRegistry());
+    platformViewsController2.setFlutterJNI(flutterJNI);
 
     flutterJNI.addEngineLifecycleListener(engineLifecycleListener);
     flutterJNI.setPlatformViewsController(platformViewsController);
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java
index 9b216d71b2..bc6403ebde 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/FlutterJNI.java
@@ -1624,4 +1624,11 @@ public class FlutterJNI {
   }
 
   private native boolean nativeShouldDisableAHB();
+
+  /** Whether the SurfaceControl swapchain required for hcpp is enabled and active. */
+  public boolean IsSurfaceControlEnabled() {
+    return nativeIsSurfaceControlEnabled(nativeShellHolderId);
+  }
+
+  private native boolean nativeIsSurfaceControlEnabled(long nativeShellHolderId);
 }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/PlatformViewsChannel2.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/PlatformViewsChannel2.java
index 8966e39e4e..a838b9a4c4 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/PlatformViewsChannel2.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/systemchannels/PlatformViewsChannel2.java
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public class PlatformViewsChannel2 {
             case "clearFocus":
               clearFocus(call, result);
               break;
+            case "isSurfaceControlEnabled":
+              isSurfaceControlEnabled(call, result);
+              break;
             default:
               result.notImplemented();
           }
@@ -171,6 +174,11 @@ public class PlatformViewsChannel2 {
             result.error("error", detailedExceptionString(exception), null);
           }
         }
+
+        private void isSurfaceControlEnabled(
+            @NonNull MethodCall call, @NonNull MethodChannel.Result result) {
+          result.success(handler.isSurfaceControlEnabled());
+        }
       };
 
   /**
@@ -213,6 +221,9 @@ public class PlatformViewsChannel2 {
 
     /** Clears the focus from the platform view with a give id if it is currently focused. */
     void clearFocus(int viewId);
+
+    /** Whether the SurfaceControl swapchain is enabled. */
+    boolean isSurfaceControlEnabled();
   }
 
   /** Request sent from Flutter to create a new platform view. */
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController2.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController2.java
index f42b7949bd..e59211c2fe 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController2.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController2.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import io.flutter.Log;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.AndroidTouchProcessor;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterView;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.MotionEventTracker;
+import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterJNI;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterOverlaySurface;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartExecutor;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.mutatorsstack.*;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class PlatformViewsController2 implements PlatformViewsAccessibilityDeleg
   private AndroidTouchProcessor androidTouchProcessor;
   private Context context;
   private FlutterView flutterView;
+  private FlutterJNI flutterJNI = null;
 
   @Nullable private TextInputPlugin textInputPlugin;
 
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ public class PlatformViewsController2 implements PlatformViewsAccessibilityDeleg
     this.registry = (PlatformViewRegistryImpl) registry;
   }
 
+  /** Whether the SurfaceControl swapchain mode is enabled. */
+  public void setFlutterJNI(FlutterJNI flutterJNI) {
+    this.flutterJNI = flutterJNI;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean usesVirtualDisplay(int id) {
     return false;
@@ -679,5 +686,13 @@ public class PlatformViewsController2 implements PlatformViewsAccessibilityDeleg
           }
           embeddedView.clearFocus();
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isSurfaceControlEnabled() {
+          if (flutterJNI == null) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          return flutterJNI.IsSurfaceControlEnabled();
+        }
       };
 }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java
index a49a038265..423071c41a 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import androidx.annotation.Keep;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
-// TODO(mattcarroll): re-evalute docs in this class and add nullability annotations.
 /**
  * Registry of backend textures used with a single {@link io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterView}
  * instance. Entries may be embedded into the Flutter view using the <a
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
index 39e91658e5..ec633ffef3 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.cc
@@ -498,4 +498,9 @@ double PlatformViewAndroid::GetScaledFontSize(double unscaled_font_size,
   return jni_facade_->FlutterViewGetScaledFontSize(unscaled_font_size,
                                                    configuration_id);
 }
+
+bool PlatformViewAndroid::IsSurfaceControlEnabled() const {
+  return android_use_new_platform_view_;
+}
+
 }  // namespace flutter
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h
index 5d0b630a38..c14e98d3be 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android.h
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ class PlatformViewAndroid final : public PlatformView {
     return platform_message_handler_;
   }
 
+  /// @brief Whether the SurfaceControl based swapchain is enabled and active.
+  bool IsSurfaceControlEnabled() const;
+
  private:
   const std::shared_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI> jni_facade_;
   std::shared_ptr<AndroidContext> android_context_;
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android_jni_impl.cc b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android_jni_impl.cc
index 8c798812e4..221af37541 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android_jni_impl.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android_jni_impl.cc
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ static void UpdateDisplayMetrics(JNIEnv* env,
   ANDROID_SHELL_HOLDER->UpdateDisplayMetrics();
 }
 
+static bool IsSurfaceControlEnabled(JNIEnv* env,
+                                    jobject jcaller,
+                                    jlong shell_holder) {
+  return ANDROID_SHELL_HOLDER->IsSurfaceControlEnabled();
+}
+
 static jobject GetBitmap(JNIEnv* env, jobject jcaller, jlong shell_holder) {
   auto screenshot = ANDROID_SHELL_HOLDER->Screenshot(
       Rasterizer::ScreenshotType::UncompressedImage, false);
@@ -873,6 +879,11 @@ bool RegisterApi(JNIEnv* env) {
           .signature = "()Z",
           .fnPtr = reinterpret_cast<void*>(
               &impeller::android::ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHB),
+      },
+      {
+          .name = "nativeIsSurfaceControlEnabled",
+          .signature = "(J)Z",
+          .fnPtr = reinterpret_cast<void*>(&IsSurfaceControlEnabled),
       }};
 
   if (env->RegisterNatives(g_flutter_jni_class->obj(), flutter_jni_methods,
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart
index b6ae2328ea..b9b4cdfe1e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart
@@ -1157,6 +1157,11 @@ class HybridAndroidViewController extends AndroidViewController {
 
   final _AndroidViewControllerInternals _internals = _Hybrid2AndroidViewControllerInternals();
 
+  /// Perform a runtime check to determine if HCPP mode is supported on the
+  /// current device.
+  static Future<bool> checkIfSupported() =>
+      _Hybrid2AndroidViewControllerInternals.checkIfSurfaceControlEnabled();
+
   @override
   bool get _createRequiresSize => false;
 
@@ -1440,7 +1445,18 @@ class _HybridAndroidViewControllerInternals extends _AndroidViewControllerIntern
   }
 }
 
+// The HCPP platform view controller.
+//
+// This is only supported via an opt in on Impeller Android.
 class _Hybrid2AndroidViewControllerInternals extends _AndroidViewControllerInternals {
+  // Determine if HCPP can be used.
+  static Future<bool> checkIfSurfaceControlEnabled() async {
+    return (await SystemChannels.platform_views_2.invokeMethod<bool>(
+      'isSurfaceControlEnabled',
+      <String, Object?>{},
+    ))!;
+  }
+
   @override
   int get textureId {
     throw UnimplementedError('Not supported for hybrid composition.');