doorbell camera

noun

plural doorbell cameras

: a small camera that is designed for use on an exterior door, that includes or connects to a doorbell, and that often has a built-in microphone and speaker : video doorbell

Thanks to a rise in package theft, doorbell cameras have gained popularity …

—Nicole Bogart

[Marsha] Kazarosian [attorney] tells clients to make sure they shut off the microphone on their doorbell camera …

—Julie Manganis

… began speaking to the deputy through a speaker in the doorbell camera.

—Johnathan Hogan

Examples of doorbell camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the start of the doorbell camera footage, which Ring shared with Newsweek, a pair of eyes can be seen emerging from the darkness before the cougar comes into view. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025

Photos from the doorbell camera show what clearly looks like a mountain lion passing by the home in the middle of the night. —Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2025

John has been able to come up with a workaround, though, using the Ring doorbell camera fitted outside his house. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025

Jennifer, a mom from Council Bluffs, Iowa, tells PEOPLE about the moment her Ring doorbell camera caught her baby girl's first steps. —Angela Andaloro, People.com, 9 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above