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Can I play local files from my phone ? Meaning - play songs that I saved on my phone from the spotify app player, like you can do from the desktop app?
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Can I play local files from my phone ? Meaning - play songs that I saved on my phone from the spotify app player, like you can do from the desktop app?
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I've searched a lot but all questions out there are about anything but this/are too outdated. I got a Samsung J8 and when I open "My Library" -> Settings -> Import your songs, I ...
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