chore(main): release 1.7.0 (#858)

* chore(main): release 1.7.0

* docs: update "What's New" for Version 1.7

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0) (2025-10-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add TypeScript type definitions for Google Maps custom elements ([#857](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/issues/857)) ([a946a36](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/commit/a946a36ab41b092631987c04bebcd34ad4f84aa0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **custom-element-types:** update type definitions for boolean values ([8db4ad0](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/commit/8db4ad07c285056842e50e69a7866f3578f4100f))
+* update useMapsLibrary hook to include maps3d ([bd218bb](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/commit/bd218bb65f8a308f59cbce16cce32019c27101e6))
+
 ## [1.6.1](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-10-23)
 
 

docs/whats-new.md

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ recent versions of the library. For a complete list of changes, including bug
 fixes, please refer to
 the [Changelog](https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
 
+## Version 1.7 (October 2025)
+
+### Add support for Custom Elements
+
+The library now ships with all the types needed to use the custom elements
+from the Maps JavaScript API seamlessly in your React/TypeScript application.
+
+With this, you can use the 3D maps and Places UI Kit components in your
+application without having to define the `JSX.IntrinsicElements` types.
+
 ## Version 1.6 (October 2025)
 
 ### New Anchoring Props for Advanced Markers

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vis.gl/react-google-maps",
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "React components and hooks for the Google Maps JavaScript API",
   "source": "src/index.ts",
   "main": "dist/index.umd.js",