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

Scoop up the Ring doorbell camera and this super popular Apple iPad. — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Cuthbert was identified from surveillance footage at the supermarket, compared to Cuthbert’s own doorbell camera. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

An Amazon contractor in southern Indiana was caught on a doorbell camera taking a creative approach to deliver a package on Sunday, June 21. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Investigators quickly concluded she’d been abducted because of blood found near her front door, signs of a struggle, that her essential medication had been left behind and doorbell camera images showed an armed, masked person outside her front door. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above