Yeah, I really liked when Pixel integrated the phone number bit into dialer itself. I can start typing a business name and it just pulls in from Google maps.

The iPhone I have now is a work phone, so don't use maps a lot, should see if it has improved.

I mostly use siri to call a business and it works every time for me.

Totally. In apple's own back yard, SF, business hours are too often totally out of whack, that you have to confirm in Google Maps each time.

And I am biased towards Apple Maps for privacy and usability reasons

I'm pretty sure Apple Maps is using Yelp's data for business hours -- those seemed to be mostly reliable until the pandemic. Now, not so much. I don't know if Google is doing better on that point.