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

There’ve been few clues as to what happened to 84-year-old Nancy since a doorbell camera captured images of a masked man with a gun standing outside her Tucson home shortly after she was last seen alive. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

For private homes, the doorbell camera offers convenient, instant notification that a package has arrived and security footage if the package is stolen. — Longreads, 15 Sep. 2026

Many neighborhoods now link the doorbell cameras of individual homes and feed the imagery into larger networks. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

In the doorbell camera footage shared with CBS News Atlanta by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, multiple Cane Corsos that reportedly belonged to Gibson are seen wandering in a neighbor's front yard. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above