The company Telly brings a free tv with 2 screens. It replaces the missing price tag with a constant barrage of ads on the second, smaller screen. This is called “Smart Display“ and is denoted by a Soundbar separated from the main screen.
In addition to advertising, various other content such as Sports results, share prices or news tickers are displayed. The actual program that users are watching on the main screen is not interrupted by the advertising or the widgets. However, when they’re not watching TV, both screens could play ads. For the time being, Telly is only available in the USA.
TV dongle included
In addition, Telly is working on the project “Telly Rewards“, which is intended to reward users with voucher cards, for example for Netflix or Starbucks, if they take part in on-screen surveys, for example.
The main screen has a diagonal of 55 inchesfeatures a HDR-Panel and runs on the operating system TellyOS, reports The Verge. However, unlike other smart TV operating systems, TellyOS currently does not support third-party streaming apps such as Netflix. Therefore, Telly comes with a free one 4K-Android-TV-Dongle. This means that all streaming services can be used.
Integrated AI voice assistant
The TV is also compatible with other streaming devices such as the Amazon Fire Stick, Apple TV, or Roku. Among other things, he comes with me 3 HDMI and 2 USB ports. Also an AI-supported one voice assistant is integrated.
There is also a small one in the middle of the soundbar Camera integrated. This allows user movements for Telly fitness programs to be tracked. The TV is delivered with a privacy screen for the camera.
Lots of data collected
In its TV and activity data policy the company explains that Telly can collect information about the audio and video content and channels that you watch. Also the duration of the TV sessions would be recorded and how to interact with the TV. Implied are, for example, search queries or the buttons that you use.
According to Telly, anyone who decides against data collection must either send the television back or bear the cost of setting up the two-screen television including the soundbar. They amount to 500 Dollar.
