Is there a way to play mobile-local Files only

[mix-mat]

Hello

We have the solution for files in Desktop that we want to sync on Mobile i nanother thread, so that is clear.

As stated by alberigo07 in https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Play-quot-local-files-quot-on-my-mobile-device/m-p/1600656#..., some people have files on their mobile they would like to play there straight.

We don't want to copy them to desktop to sync them back in Spotify for android. I don't even speak like him about not having the Desktop app.

So the real question is: 

Can we play files already on the phone ? I guess the answer is no currently (but I'd like to be defeated), but I would like to have an hint if this has a chance to change.

Thanks 

[Nic0_ · Accepted solution]

Hi mix-mat 😃,

you are right, at the moment Spotify on mobile devices can't play files that are locally stored on the device.

Sadly I don't think they are planning to add this functionality to the mobile apps at the moment. 

But you can vote for this idea in the community:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Mobile-Play-local-Files-on-your-device-directly-in-Spoti...

The more votes an idea get's the more likely it is that the Spotify devs will look into it and maybe implementing it.

Nico