chore(main): release firestore 1.16.0

Author: release-please[bot]

.release-please-manifest-individual.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "bigtable": "1.22.0",
   "datastore": "1.15.0",
   "errorreporting": "0.3.0",
-  "firestore": "1.15.0",
+  "firestore": "1.16.0",
   "logging": "1.9.0",
   "profiler": "0.4.0",
   "pubsub": "1.37.0",

firestore/CHANGES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/firestore/v1.15.0...firestore/v1.16.0) (2024-03-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **firestore/apiv1:** A new message `Backup` is added ([a3bb7c0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/a3bb7c07ba570f26c6eb073ab3275487784547d0))
+* **firestore:** Add new types ExplainOptions, ExplainMetrics, PlanSummary, ExecutionStats ([05f58cc](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/05f58ccce530d8a3ab404356929352002d5156ba))
+* **firestore:** Add VectorSearch API ([cddd528](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/cddd528a02edae10dde8ba2529922565ef27c418))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **firestore:** Update protobuf dep to v1.33.0 ([30b038d](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/30b038d8cac0b8cd5dd4761c87f3f298760dd33a))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/firestore/v1.14.0...firestore/v1.15.0) (2024-03-05)
 
 
@@ -192,4 +206,3 @@
 
 This is the first tag to carve out firestore as its own module. See:
 https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules#is-it-possible-to-add-a-module-to-a-multi-module-repository.
-

firestore/internal/version.go

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.15.0"
+const Version = "1.16.0"