chore(whatsnew): trim 1.8.1 release notes to high-signal bullets

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Why

1.8.1's what's-new sheet had drifted into a changelog: 24 bullets across NEW/IMPROVED/FIXED, including small bug fixes and minor UX tweaks. That's noise for users — what's-new should be reserved for headline features and breaking changes, not every shipped commit.

What changed

Trimmed 16.json (and all 12 locale variants) from 24 → 7 bullets:

NEW (4):

• APK Inspect (big new feature)
• Dhizuku silent install (workaround for major OEM friction)
• Obtainium import/export (migration path)
• Add from starred (new discovery vector)

IMPROVED (2):

• Open-issues count + license shown to everyone, sourced from backend (combined — same quota story)
• Background update check fully toggleable (battery answer)

FIXED (1):

• Liquid Glass effect removed (visible UX shift, dark-mode contrast story)

What's gone

Apps grouping, what's-new sheet self-reference (silly to announce inside what's-new sheet), Announcements feed mention, Installer attribution, Manual refresh, Recently Updated/Released sort, Manual rescan, Tighter auth, Multi-source clobber, Shizuku-fallback fix, Self-update stuck, OS root cert, Windows non-ASCII, Store self-update claim, FAB overlap, Search rate-limit, What's-new locale refresh — all dropped. Real fixes, but not headline-worthy.

Going forward

Treat what's-new as a curated highlight reel, not a changelog. Rule of thumb: would a casual user care? If no, it doesn't belong here. CHANGELOG.md / GitHub Releases page can carry the full list.

Diff: 13 files, +39 / -273.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Silent installation support via Dhizuku on compatible devices
  • Obtainium import/export functionality
  • Add applications directly from starred repositories

• Improvements

  • Open issues count and license information now visible to all users
  • Background update checks can be fully disabled

• Bug Fixes

  • Removed Liquid Glass effect for improved dark mode contrast

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (13)

• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/ar/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/bn/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/es/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/fr/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/hi/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/it/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/ja/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/ko/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/pl/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/ru/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/tr/16.json
• core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/zh-CN/16.json

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Walkthrough

This PR updates the version 16 release notes JSON files across all 12 supported language localizations, consistently adding new features to the NEW section (Dhizuku silent install, Obtainium import/export, starred repo additions), improvements to the IMPROVED section (open-issue and license visibility to all users, disableable background updates), and fixes to the FIXED section (removal of Liquid Glass effect). All changes are purely content and localization updates with no code or API modifications.

Changes

Localized Release Notes (Version 16)

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Primary Release Notes core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/16.json	NEW section gains three bullets: Dhizuku silent install, Obtainium import/export, shortened "Add from starred" text. IMPROVED gains one bullet on open-issues and license visibility to all users. FIXED replaces previous multi-item list with single bullet about Liquid Glass effect removal.
Localized Release Notes core/presentation/src/commonMain/composeResources/files/whatsnew/*/16.json (ar, bn, es, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, tr, zh-CN)	Each locale receives equivalent feature and improvement bullets translated to its respective language. Content structure and message consistency remain aligned with the English version across all 12 language variants.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• OpenHub-Store/GitHub-Store#510: Modifies the same whatsnew 16.json release notes entries with additional NEW bullets
• OpenHub-Store/GitHub-Store#497: Introduces WhatsNewLoader JSON refactor that consumes these localized whatsnew JSON resources
• OpenHub-Store/GitHub-Store#501: Also updates whatsnew JSON files to add the "Dhizuku silent install" bullet across locales

Poem

🐰 Across languages far and wide,
Release notes march with translated pride,
Dhizuku whispers, Obtainium flows,
And Liquid Glass fades as the new version glows!
From ar to zh-CN, a consistent tale—
Twelve tongues sing of features that won't fail! 🌍✨

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch chore/curate-whatsnew-1.8.1

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