chore(main): release 1.9.0

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🤖 I have created a release beep boop

1.9.0 (2026-06-27)

Features

• add basic keyboard events for advanced marker (#1001) (af5ab1c)
• add map-3d-route example with 3D Map and custom route element (v=alpha) (#989) (4adb9e1)
• map-control: add className prop (#967) (37bfe46)

Bug Fixes

• build: don't build examples with library build (1b43288)
• handle externally-loaded importLibrary in loader (#1002) (f76ed12)
• hooks: add SafeReact and fallback for useInsertionEffect to ensure compatibility with React 16/17 (#1017) (1a503a8), closes #957
• map: don't crash when remounting with a broken cached map instance (#984) (31a5261), closes #982
• prevent api provider race condition, defer loading state update (#970) (7fd6efe)
• update dependencies and update importLibrary typings (#1019) (ef951c4)
• update gmp types (#973) (2f5c29c)
• use correct pointer events behaviour (#997) (538e918)

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🚀 Pre-release published!

Install this version for testing:

npm install @vis.gl/react-google-maps@1.9.0-rc.1

Or use the tag:

npm install @vis.gl/react-google-maps@next