While the base multimedia system used to have a 9-inch display, it has now been reduced to 8 inches and the physical keys have been removed. It turned out that the frames around the display became almost as big as the screen itself.
Yes, the new instrument cluster has increased from 4.2 inches to 7 inches - not a very impressive change. But the main question is why Toyota has made the centre screen not only smaller, but also deprived it of convenient keys? Judging by the photos, there are not even fixed touch control zones on the sides of the panel. It looks, to put it mildly, strange, especially for an SUV that costs from 5,252,500 yen ($35,000) in Japan.
Another change is the disappearance of the CD/DVD player. Previously, the Land Cruiser 300 was one of the few vehicles that still supported CDs. Now they have been replaced by an HDMI port. Well, the era of CDs in cars is finally coming to an end, although Subaru and Lexus are still using them in some models.
Source: Motor1