I just looked at the last modified date of the files inside the auto-google-news-v1.0.9.zip and latest modified date is december 2021 so it cannot be version 1.0.9 from 7 dec 2022.
Change log
Version 1.0.9 12/07/2022
* Update - Campaign setup and welcome page
* Update - Optimize RSS Feed search campaign functions
Version 1.0.8 12/09/2021
* Update - Campaigns new name and rss feed keywords suggestion features
Version 1.0.7 11/16/2021
* Fix - New English (India) language and location selector
Version 1.0.6 09/23/2021
* New feature - New post generate featured images from the library automatically.
Version 1.0.5 09/15/2021
* Fix - The language selector issues
* Fix - The campaigns generated post tags issues
Version 1.0.4 09/05/2021
* Update - Optimize content duplicate check features before publish new post
* Update - Optimize the functions to create campaigns automatically
Version 1.0.3 08/30/2021
* Fix - Fix the issue campaign post categories not show up correctly
* Update - Optimize News RSS Feed search functions
* Update - Optimize post with user selected categories functions
Version 1.0.2 08/24/2021
* New Feature - New plugin dashboard page
* Update - Optimize WP Cron running functions scheduled campaigns automatically
* Update - Optimize generates campaigns automatically functions
Version 1.0.1 08/18/2021
* New Feature - RSS Feed Search and create campaigns automatically
Version 1.0.0, (2021-08-17)
* Initial release
