Changelog · Wolfden Phone · Wolfden Studios

Version 1.0.1

Released 4 November 2026. A naming update: nothing in your setup or your players' data changes.

The product is now Wolfden Phone, running NovaOS, and the three models are Wolfden Phone (was Nova), Wolfden Phone Pro (was Nova Business) and Wolfden Phone Secure (was Nova Secure).
New feature names: Face Unlock (was Face ID), Locate (was Find My), Live Island (was Dynamic Island), NovaBuds (was NovaPods) and Nova Studio (was NovaPods Max). The new names are used in every phone language, in the item labels and in the server messages. The Nova Kiosk phone store is now Wolfden Kiosk, and the phone stores' menus end with "Wolfden Studios · Los Santos".
Item names, config keys, exports and callbacks are unchanged, so existing items, saved data and integrations keep working. Re-import the item labels to show the new names in your inventory; see Updating from 1.0.0.
Settings shows NovaOS 1.0.1 as the software version. The Browser add-on and the example app are 1.0.1 too.

Version 1.0.0

Released 26 October 2026. The first release of Wolfden Phone, running NovaOS.

Platform and setup

Runs on Qbox, QBCore or ESX with ox_inventory, or QBCore with qb-inventory 2.1.0 or newer. The framework and inventory are detected automatically, or set with Config.Framework.name and Config.Inventory (or the wd_phone:framework and wd_phone:inventory convars). Item lists for both inventories are included.
Signed item identity: phones, SIMs and accessories carry a server signature, so a forged or edited item never opens someone else's phone. The key is created on the first start, or set with wd_phone:secret, and new items are signed the first time they are used. phoneadmin signitems signs the items players carry again after the key changes.
A boot self-check at every start, and phoneadmin selftest for a full report and end-to-end test of the database, items, media host, video relay and interface.
Your own settings in config/local/ (and config/local/server/ for keys and server-only settings), loaded after the shipped defaults so updates never overwrite them.
Twenty languages, chosen per phone, with English fallback: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Polish, Italian, Turkish, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Norwegian, European Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Russian and Ukrainian. The text is plain JSON you can reword, override key by key or extend with a new language, without rebuilding anything. The boot self-check warns about a language with a missing file.
Accessibility settings: text size, bold text, contrast, reduced transparency and reduced motion.
Built for busy servers: fast message delivery, light battery and accessory checks, and an interface that stays idle while the phone is closed.
Requires OneSync.

The phone

Three models, Wolfden Phone, Wolfden Phone Pro and Wolfden Phone Secure, on one OS, each with its own frame, theme, apps and features. Wolfden Phone and Wolfden Phone Pro come in eight colours each, and every phone has its own accent colour.
Every phone is a unique inventory item whose data follows it between players. Open it from the item or with a key.
Lock screen with notification previews, a server-checked PIN and Face Unlock, including holding a phone up to someone else's face. First setup with Nova Account sign-in and cloud restore.
Home screen with folders, widgets, an App Library, a notification centre, Control Center and a Live Island. The side button turns the phone off and on.
Batteries with charging, wear and repairs; car chargers, power banks and charging pads; NovaBuds and Nova Studio; Bluetooth speakers with party mode; and a flashlight.
Each Wolfden Phone and Wolfden Phone Pro colour has its own phone model in hand, and a held phone's screen softly lights the holder's face.

Communications and connectivity

Contacts, direct and group messages with attachments, calls, call history, caller privacy, visual voicemail and blocking, delivered even while the phone is closed.
Group calls: call a group conversation, add a number to a live call or join a group's live call; whoever rang a person pays for their minutes. Group video calls too.
Video calls through a TURN relay, so players never see each other's IP address.
Physical SIMs and eSIMs with dual-SIM routing, PIN and PUK, carriers, plans, billing, carrier shops, custom numbers, number transfers and police subscriber records.
Live signal from cell towers that admins edit in game, and that players can sabotage and repair. Mobile data, Wi-Fi routers, Personal Hotspot and emergency calls.
Emergency calls and Services requests can go to ps-dispatch, cd_dispatch, cd_dispatch3d, qs-dispatch, rcore_dispatch, core_dispatch, lb-tablet, or a dispatch resource that registers itself with the phone.
Radio: a push-to-talk walkie-talkie on pma-voice, with saved frequencies and job-only ranges.
Payphones on every phone box on the map, and NovaDrop to share contacts, photos, videos and music with someone nearby.
Wolfden Phone Secure: disappearing messages, a voice changer, Burn Phone and Burn PIN, police forensic unlock, number swaps and code-joined rooms.

Apps

Camera (photos and videos, with optional voices), Gallery and albums, custom wallpapers and contact photos, Maps, Music with nearby speakers, Services and in-game Mail.
Nova Wallet on the player's real bank account: the framework's bank, Renewed-Banking, okokBanking, qb-banking or ESX societies. Send and request money, invoices and limits.
Social apps with their own accounts: Echo, Snapgram (posts, stories and DMs) and Ember (dating).
Clips: short vertical videos with For You and Following feeds, comments, hashtags and moderation. Clips Live streams the phone camera to followers, with chat and hearts.
A creator economy for Clips: verified badges on Clips, Snapgram and Echo (given by moderators, admins, another resource or a follower count), Live gifts paid through Nova Wallet with a platform fee, collab lives with a co-host, brand deals between businesses and creators (paid when the clip is approved, refunded on cancel), a weekly creator fund paid per 1,000 views, creator analytics, and weekly charts with a News "Top creators" article.
News: newsroom outlets staffed by job, with drafts, editors, sections and breaking alerts.
Shade: an anonymous network with rotating handles, channels, DMs, rooms and self-destructing listings. It installs only from a Shade SD card sold by a black-market dealer, and a phone with Shade can copy it onto a blank SD card.
Racing: street races and time trials on player-made tracks, crews, ratings, buy-ins, bets and pink slips through Nova Wallet, server-checked checkpoints with anti-cheat, a live on-screen HUD, and underground races with police heat. The app appears only while the player carries a Racing USB, and Nova Store offers it when one arrives.
Rides: player ride-hailing with live tracking, distance-based fares through Nova Wallet, and ratings.
Bites: food ordering from restaurants, paid and refunded through Nova Wallet, with couriers and tips.
Garage and Homes: the character's vehicles (state, GPS, valet delivery) and properties (GPS, keys), through your garage and housing resources.
Arcade: five offline games with personal bests and an optional global leaderboard.
Assist: a phone assistant for typed commands (call, text, timers, alarms, directions, switches, music and apps) in every phone language, with optional AI answers that are off by default.
Phone stores in the world sell phones in every colour, NovaBuds, speakers, chargers, routers, blank SIMs and SD cards over the counter (ox_target or an [E] prompt), with shop assistants, opening hours, job discounts and owner job accounts. Other resources can add stores with the AddMobileShop export. "Stranger", a hidden dealer, sells Shade cards and Racing USBs for cash at night, at a different spot every day, with limited stock.
Calendar, Notes, Clock, Calculator, Weather, Marketplace, Business orders and optional City providers.
Browser, a separate resource: in-game sites under made-up domains, only the real websites you allow, tabs, bookmarks, history and private tabs.

Extensions and administration

Nova Store and an app SDK for your own apps, with permissions, notification channels, deep links, widgets, mobile data use and per-phone storage.
Locate, lost mode, remote erase, cloud backups and phone-to-phone transfers.
The phoneadmin command and an in-game admin menu: players, phones, battery and power, accounts, cell towers and speakers.
No third-party content included: Music starts with no radio stations or songs, and Maps with a stylized grid. Add streams, songs and a map image you have the rights to.

Good to know

New phones start with No SIM. Activate a SIM to get a number.
Photos, videos and Clips need a media host, and video calls and Clips Live need a TURN relay.
Messages and online apps use mobile data, or Wi-Fi.
Most apps beyond the everyday set are downloaded from Nova Store. Shade comes from its SD card instead.
Installing a physical SIM takes it out of the inventory; removing it returns it.
Voicemail recording and City content need compatible integrations.
The phone speaker is heard only within 8 metres; Bluetooth speakers are how music fills a space.

Updating your installation

Follow Updating Wolfden Phone when installing a newer build. Back up first and import the included migrations/install.sql to bring your database up to date.