I haven't tried many alternatives to Maps. The last one I did was a built-in Tesla thing in a car that a family member had rented (he was keen on trying that out), and it was way worse. I'm sure there are other things that are better but honestly directions in Maps seem pretty good to me.

I don't think I even want anything new from Gmail. It's spent that decade (and most of the one before) holding all my email and serving it to me, that seems pretty good given I haven't had to pay them a cent for it.