Merge release_notes/25.9 into release/25.9 (#24538) (#24539)

oguzkocer · wpmobilebot · web-flow · commit aa3a49920f52 · 2025-05-12T23:02:41.000Z
* Add editorialized release notes for 25.9

* Update metadata strings

* Update metadata strings

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Co-authored-by: WordPress Mobile Bot Account &lt;mobile+wpmobilebot@automattic.com&gt;
diff --git a/WordPress/Jetpack/Resources/AppStoreStrings.po b/WordPress/Jetpack/Resources/AppStoreStrings.po
@@ -81,12 +81,18 @@ msgctxt "app_store_keywords"
 msgid "social,notes,jetpack,writing,geotagging,media,blog,website,blogging,journal"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgctxt "v25.8-whats-new"
+msgctxt "v25.9-whats-new"
 msgid ""
-"What’s New for this month?\n"
-"- Better Comments: Updated design, depth indicators for threads, improved rich content support, and a fullscreen composer with draft saving.\n"
-"- Featured Images: Fix an issue where Reader wasn't showing featured images for some posts.\n"
-"- Bug Fixes & Stability & Performance Improvements.\n"
+"We made some small visual changes on the Comment Details screen. You’ll now see this screen when you view a comment from your Notifications.\n"
+"We added a banner to the Me tab, which asks new users to verify their email. Once you do, you’ll have full access to everything in the app. The possibilities are endless.\n"
+"You’ll find that the currently selected site is always visible in the sidebar, no matter what. Hide-and-seek is over.\n"
+"We also squashed several bugs.\n"
+"- YouTube video embeds now show up properly in comments.\n"
+"- You can now see a preview of unedited draft pages created from templates.\n"
+"- You won’t see deleted sites in your app anymore. So long, farewell.\n"
+"- The app syncs blogs properly after they’ve launched.\n"
+"- The Stats screen shows accurate numbers for visitors and views.\n"
+"- If you’re using an iPad, the app won’t crash after you delete the last site attached to your account. (It’ll still look pretty empty, though. Maybe consider making a new site?)\n"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. translators: This is a promo message that will be attached on top of the first screenshot in the App Store.
diff --git a/WordPress/Jetpack/Resources/release_notes.txt b/WordPress/Jetpack/Resources/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-
-* [*] Fix YouTube video embedded in comments [#24482]
-* [*] Show Comment Details screen when viewing a comment from Notifications (as opposed to opening the thread that often fails to scroll to the selected comment) [#24476]
-* [*] Minor improvementes to the Comment Details screen [#24484]
-* [*] Fix an issue with unedited draft pages created from templates failing to generate a preview [#24470]
-* [*] Fix and issue Stats showing stale unique visitors count when views are updated [#24356]
-* [*] Fix a crash on iPad after deleting the last site [#24241]
-* [*] Fix an issue with an app not syncing blogs on launch which would sometimes lead to it incorrectly showing an empty state view or deleted sites [#24243]
-* [*] Add a banner on Me tab to ask user to validate their email [#24172]
-* [*] Updated site display logic in sidebar to prioritize showing the currently selected site on iPad. [#24277]
+We made some small visual changes on the Comment Details screen. You’ll now see this screen when you view a comment from your Notifications.
+We added a banner to the Me tab, which asks new users to verify their email. Once you do, you’ll have full access to everything in the app. The possibilities are endless.
+You’ll find that the currently selected site is always visible in the sidebar, no matter what. Hide-and-seek is over.
+We also squashed several bugs.
+- YouTube video embeds now show up properly in comments.
+- You can now see a preview of unedited draft pages created from templates.
+- You won’t see deleted sites in your app anymore. So long, farewell.
+- The app syncs blogs properly after they’ve launched.
+- The Stats screen shows accurate numbers for visitors and views.
+- If you’re using an iPad, the app won’t crash after you delete the last site attached to your account. (It’ll still look pretty empty, though. Maybe consider making a new site?)
diff --git a/WordPress/Resources/AppStoreStrings.po b/WordPress/Resources/AppStoreStrings.po
@@ -45,11 +45,18 @@ msgctxt "app_store_keywords"
 msgid "blogger,writing,blogging,web,maker,online,store,business,make,create,write,blogs"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgctxt "v25.8-whats-new"
-msgid ""
-"What’s New for this month?\n"
-"- Better Comments: Updated design, depth indicators for threads, improved rich content support, and a fullscreen composer with draft saving.\n"
-"- Bug Fixes & Stability & Performance Improvements.\n"
+msgctxt "v25.9-whats-new"
+msgid ""
+"We made some small visual changes on the Comment Details screen. You’ll now see this screen when you view a comment from your Notifications.\n"
+"We added a banner to the Me tab, which asks new users to verify their email. Once you do, you’ll have full access to everything in the app. The possibilities are endless.\n"
+"You’ll find that the currently selected site is always visible in the sidebar, no matter what. Hide-and-seek is over.\n"
+"We also squashed several bugs.\n"
+"- YouTube video embeds now show up properly in comments.\n"
+"- You can now see a preview of unedited draft pages created from templates.\n"
+"- You won’t see deleted sites in your app anymore. So long, farewell.\n"
+"- The app syncs blogs properly after they’ve launched.\n"
+"- The Stats screen shows accurate numbers for visitors and views.\n"
+"- If you’re using an iPad, the app won’t crash after you delete the last site attached to your account. (It’ll still look pretty empty, though. Maybe consider making a new site?)\n"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. translators: This is a standard chunk of text used to tell a user what's new with a release when nothing major has changed.
diff --git a/WordPress/Resources/release_notes.txt b/WordPress/Resources/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-
-* [*] Fix YouTube video embedded in comments [#24482]
-* [*] Show Comment Details screen when viewing a comment from Notifications (as opposed to opening the thread that often fails to scroll to the selected comment) [#24476]
-* [*] Minor improvementes to the Comment Details screen [#24484]
-* [*] Fix an issue with unedited draft pages created from templates failing to generate a preview [#24470]
-* [*] Fix and issue Stats showing stale unique visitors count when views are updated [#24356]
-* [*] Fix a crash on iPad after deleting the last site [#24241]
-* [*] Fix an issue with an app not syncing blogs on launch which would sometimes lead to it incorrectly showing an empty state view or deleted sites [#24243]
-* [*] Add a banner on Me tab to ask user to validate their email [#24172]
-* [*] Updated site display logic in sidebar to prioritize showing the currently selected site on iPad. [#24277]
+We made some small visual changes on the Comment Details screen. You’ll now see this screen when you view a comment from your Notifications.
+We added a banner to the Me tab, which asks new users to verify their email. Once you do, you’ll have full access to everything in the app. The possibilities are endless.
+You’ll find that the currently selected site is always visible in the sidebar, no matter what. Hide-and-seek is over.
+We also squashed several bugs.
+- YouTube video embeds now show up properly in comments.
+- You can now see a preview of unedited draft pages created from templates.
+- You won’t see deleted sites in your app anymore. So long, farewell.
+- The app syncs blogs properly after they’ve launched.
+- The Stats screen shows accurate numbers for visitors and views.
+- If you’re using an iPad, the app won’t crash after you delete the last site attached to your account. (It’ll still look pretty empty, though. Maybe consider making a new site?)
