[valiant67]

The Toyota has a cool cell phone shelf with USB plugs right in front of the passenger above the glove box. I would rather have that then one more stupid screen.

The passenger screen is pretty sweet, it allows a passenger to enter a navigation destination while the vehicle is in motion, then send that destination to the main screen.

 

[valiant67]

Seems to be redundant to me. Why can't the driver just use voice commands to enter a new destination?

Because people don’t talk to their cars in a normal voice, which screws up voice recognition. I’ve watched friends who talk to Siri and Alexa try to use voice commands in cars and suddenly they have a robotic voice that isn’t recognized by the car.
I agree, voice recognition is a simple, less distracting option once people are used to it.

 

[valiant67]

I know it varies by person, but I never fit comfortably in any Toyota seats. Now I haven’t tried a Highlander but past experiences in the last 2 generations of RAV4 and Camry and a few Tacomas usually leave me with a sore back after 1/2 hour no matter how i adjust the seat.