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

The shooting was captured on a home doorbell camera. —Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025

The sheriff’s office is continuing to ask residents who live near the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve to check their security and doorbell cameras and submit information to an online form. —Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 7 May 2025

Then, Daniel Krug used his wife’s phone to turn off their home security system at 8:15 a.m. and used masking tape to cover the family’s doorbell camera, prosecutors said. —Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025

The individuals were seen on a doorbell camera arriving in an Audi SUV before checking the vehicles. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above