diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/python/components/containers/audio_data.py b/mediapipe/tasks/python/components/containers/audio_data.py
index 21b606079..56399dea8 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/python/components/containers/audio_data.py
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/python/components/containers/audio_data.py
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ class AudioData(object):
       ValueError: If the input array has an incorrect shape or if
         `offset` + `size` exceeds the length of the `src` array.
     """
-    if src.shape[1] != self._audio_format.num_channels:
+    if len(src.shape) == 1:
+      if self._audio_format.num_channels != 1:
+        raise ValueError(f"Input audio is mono, but the audio data is expected "
+                         f"to have {self._audio_format.num_channels} channels.")
+    elif src.shape[1] != self._audio_format.num_channels:
       raise ValueError(f"Input audio contains an invalid number of channels. "
                        f"Expect {self._audio_format.num_channels}.")
 
@@ -93,6 +97,28 @@ class AudioData(object):
       self._buffer = np.roll(self._buffer, -shift, axis=0)
       self._buffer[-shift:, :] = src[offset:offset + size].copy()
 
+  @classmethod
+  def create_from_array(cls,
+                        src: np.ndarray,
+                        sample_rate: Optional[float] = None) -> "AudioData":
+    """Creates an `AudioData` object from a NumPy array.
+
+    Args:
+      src: A NumPy source array contains the input audio.
+      sample_rate: the optional audio sample rate.
+
+    Returns:
+      An `AudioData` object that contains a copy of the NumPy source array as
+      the data.
+    """
+    obj = cls(
+        buffer_length=src.shape[0],
+        audio_format=AudioFormat(
+            num_channels=1 if len(src.shape) == 1 else src.shape[1],
+            sample_rate=sample_rate))
+    obj.load_from_array(src)
+    return obj
+
   @property
   def audio_format(self) -> AudioFormat:
     """Gets the audio format of the audio."""