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

Court documents cite video interviews of family members, surveillance video and Ring doorbell camera footage as potential evidence. —Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026

Doesn’t seem to matter if your face or even the license plate of your car is captured on a doorbell camera. —Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

Among them is Amazon subsidiary Ring, the company behind those AI doorbell cameras that have exploded in popularity over the last few years. —Joe Wilkins Published Jan 21, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026

Magalhães said Banfield took several precautions throughout the plot to avoid leaving evidence, such as posting only when his wife was home, checking the neighborhood for doorbell cameras and altering his morning routine. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above