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

Lin had originally purchased a smart doorbell camera after her car was broken into in front of her apartment. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Instead, we’re left to rely on piecemeal video from doorbell cameras, phone recordings and other surveillance devices. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

American Meteor Society cameras in Northford, Connecticut, and Douglassville, Pennsylvania, captured an image of the meteor, as did a doorbell camera in Wayne, New Jersey, Mike Hankey, operations manager at the AMS, said in a statement. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 July 2026

For example, a drone flying at 250 kilometers per hour needs only a short trail of changes, while a doorbell camera looking for strange people lingering around needs a longer sequence. — Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above