v1.16.9

Fixed

• Google Photos can display the first available image without waiting for the entire album to finish loading.
• Added automatic retries for transient background loading failures.
• Removed unnecessary first-image prewarming delays on Raspberry Pi displays.
• Prevented large albums with unavailable images from blocking startup through unbounded consecutive attempts.
• Improved recovery when network connectivity returns.

Improved

• Added bounded background retry scheduling that stops once a usable photo is visible.
• Preserved cached backgrounds and offline fallback behavior.
• Improved Backgrounds troubleshooting guidance.