# Button action to play an audio file
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680 "2020-12-10T19:10:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680/1 "2020-12-10T19:10:29Z")
Currently, buttons can be pushed to perform a variety of actions.
I just discovered that the only action causing a sound is one that plays one of several fixed sounds. I’d like to have an audio action that accepts a URL of a sound file. I don’t need all of the controls of the standard audio player – in fact, I find the standard player difficult to use on an actual smartphone. But in my case, all I want to do is tap a button to have a voice start counting seconds as part of an exercise app.
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### Author:  [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680/2 "2020-12-10T19:14:46Z")
That would be nice. It would also be nice if users could customize their sounds, so that sounds would come from rows. And the ability to upload sounds of course
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### Author:  [@EGS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/EGS)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680/3 "2021-04-25T11:05:40Z")
Did you find a solution yet.I am also looking for the same feature
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### Author:  [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680/4 "2021-04-25T13:20:25Z")
No. I haven’t seen any improvements in sounds OR maps in Glide since I started developing apps in September 2020. This isn’t criticism. The developers have a lot of things to do.
I do wish it was a little easier to extend the functionality Glide through officially documented ways to develop extensions. This would make it possible to devote your own resources to solving your own problems.
— Harry
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### Author:  [@AlvinM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AlvinM)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680/5 "2022-05-14T02:54:32Z")
Any update? I am looking for a button to play your sounds too.
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### Author:  [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/button-action-to-play-an-audio-file/19680/6 "2022-05-14T12:19:35Z")
Nothing yet, but I haven’t been actively following Glide for a while.