Upgrade infotainment system/navigation on GX Premium

[r2m]

My daughter just purchased a 2013 Rav4 XLE. So my wife, daughter (and the granddaughter) and I are going for a ride in her new (to her) Rav4 and she's streaming Spotify via Bluetooth from her phone through her infotainment system.

Get this: Her infotainment system is showing this beautiful display with the album art of the current song that is being played, song data and everything on her screen! I was shocked! It looked AWESOME!

I do the same on my 2013 GX 460 Premium (note: same year except my GX costs about two or three times what hers cost new). I stream Pandora from my phone via Bluetooth to my system and I get something that looks like and old Windows 3x operating system. No art, just plain text listed on the display. What bugs me is that both vehicles are from the same company, Toyota and both are the same year. You would think that the Lexus would have the nicer display. I know, the millennials are all into graphics and cool stuff like that, but heck! I wouldn't mind a nicer display too!!!

Questions:

• Was her infotainment system recently upgraded? (This is a rhetorical question that I don't think any of you can answer)
  
• If I upgrade my infotainment/nav system to the most current version, would it look a little newer than Windows 3x?
• Anyone with a 2018 or 2019 GX Premium or Luxury edition care to chime in?
• Has anyone upgraded their infotainment/nav system?

 

[TX GX460]

It all had to do with product life cycles. The GX 460 was released in 2010, and redesigned in 2014. The Rav4 was redesigned in 2012. So her vehicle had the most recent interface design as of 2012, while you are dealing with 2010 technology. Two years can make a lot of difference. I don't stream to my radio, so I will have to defer to others as to the 2014+ interface capabilities. But I will say that the satellite radio screen shows album art on my 2015.