chore(release): 16.0.0 [skip ci]

## [16.0.0](v15.8.3...v16.0.0) (2025-10-30)

### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

* **events:** remove compatibility code for react-native < 0.65
* **deps:** the ref in some ads *may* be null, a slight type change from stricter checks

This is from upgrading all our deps with newer versions of react, react-native, and typescript
Apparently they have stricter type checking as this ref was always possibly null, but it was
not reflected in the inferred type passed to consuming code. Now it is

### Bug Fixes

* **deps:** updated all deps - stricter typing forces a null type in NativeAds ([94515a1](94515a1))
* **events:** remove compatibility code for react-native < 0.65 ([7a1ba81](7a1ba81))
* **ios:** use 'note' for info messages in Xcode build script ([69a84b4](69a84b4))

Author: semantic-release-bot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+## [16.0.0](https://github.com/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/compare/v15.8.3...v16.0.0) (2025-10-30)
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **events:** remove compatibility code for react-native < 0.65
+* **deps:** the ref in some ads *may* be null, a slight type change from stricter checks
+
+This is from upgrading all our deps with newer versions of react, react-native, and typescript
+Apparently they have stricter type checking as this ref was always possibly null, but it was
+not reflected in the inferred type passed to consuming code. Now it is
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** updated all deps - stricter typing forces a null type in NativeAds ([94515a1](https://github.com/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/commit/94515a130d87eb59400e1dbea2a2011b8502d165))
+* **events:** remove compatibility code for react-native < 0.65 ([7a1ba81](https://github.com/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/commit/7a1ba812b767a22ac9bf4dcdf07063cd2403e4f3))
+* **ios:** use 'note' for info messages in Xcode build script ([69a84b4](https://github.com/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/commit/69a84b4e4377851435e1ce8283ffa04aa4c8a62c))
+
 ## [15.8.3](https://github.com/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/compare/v15.8.2...v15.8.3) (2025-10-21)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-google-mobile-ads",
-  "version": "15.8.3",
+  "version": "16.0.0",
   "author": "Invertase <[email protected]> (http://invertase.io)",
   "description": "React Native Google Mobile Ads is an easy way to monetize mobile apps with targeted, in-app advertising.",
   "main": "lib/commonjs/index.js",