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

Law enforcement has continued to work on identifying the masked suspect seen at Guthrie's front door in doorbell camera footage shared by the FBI earlier this month. —Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

The grainy video shows a man in a ski mask approaching Guthrie’s front door and attempting to cover her doorbell camera with a gloved hand. —Cnn.com, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026

One of the Nest doorbell camera images released by the FBI was taken on a different date than the others, a source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to Fox News Digital Monday. —Michael Ruiz , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026

The suspect might’ve been surprised to see Guthrie’s doorbell camera during his first visit and changed his mind, ABC sources speculated. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above