Telly, a business that accepts marketing information rather of money for its TVs, has apparently had a difficult time getting its “complimentary” TVs into individuals’s homes.

Telly debuted in May 2023. Its dual-screen style can reveal advertisements, even when individuals aren’t enjoying. The smaller sized, secondary screen can be utilized for more useful applications, like revealing the weather condition or sports ratings, its main function is to serve as a signboard south of the 55-inch main screen. Owners can not disable tracking or cover the secondary screen (or they need to spend for the television, which Telly claims deserves $1,000), and they need to complete a prolonged, in-depth study to get one.

When it debuted its television, Telly stated it anticipated to deliver 500,000 gadgets that summertime. In June 2023, the start-up stated 250,000 individuals registered to get a Telly. In a 2024 news release, Telly stated that it prepared to deliver “millions more in 2024.”

A report from Lowpass this week, pointing out a “Q3 upgrade sent out to financiers in November 2025,” stated the start-up had 35,000 TVs in individuals’s homes at that time. In Q2 2025, there were 28,000 Telly TVs in usage, the note stated, according to Lowpass.

The publication reported that the financier note recommends Telly will purchase 100,000 TVs from provider Foxconn and increase shipments quickly.

Telly decreased to comment to Lowpass and didn’t react to Ars Technica’s ask for remark.

Delivering issues

What offers? Based upon early registration numbers, it appears Telly has actually produced sufficient interest to deliver more than 35,000 TVs.

One concern appears to be bad shipping. Per the financier note that Lowpass examined, Telly declared that FedEx provided 10 percent of its deliveries of Telly TVs broken. Given that relocating to a various business– apparently Samsung partner RXO, based upon Reddit posts– less Tellys are getting here broken, the business supposedly stated.

As Lowpass kept in mind, lots of online problems declare that the complimentary TVs, which deliver straight from Telly, were broken upon arrival. The Verge likewise reported getting a damaged system in September.