Google showcased its AI vision, and it basically involves Gemini everywhere.
I use Google Maps every single day, and most of the time I open it for the same basic reasons everyone else does. I need to find a café to work from, a pharmacy that's open late at night, or a gas ...
Waze sets itself apart from the competition, like Google Maps, by making the experience more engaging. For starters, it's focused on car and bike drivers, versus generalized maps and traffic alerts.