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 crash was also captured by another neighbor's doorbell camera, as Instagram user Domingo Colon shared footage shot on a Ring camera, showing two people exit a building and reacting to the plane coming down. —Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025

In a new campaign for Bud Light, the singer and comedian are seen from a doorbell camera, waiting to be let into someone’s house. —Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025

Another doorbell camera in Maryland an unlikely pair of thieves tried to steal a homeowner's rug from their front porch. —Alice Gibbs, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025

The report caused armed West Covina officers to arrive at the home and evacuate everyone inside at gunpoint, according to prosecutors. While officers were there, Nelson threatened and taunted them through the Ring doorbell camera, prosecutors said. —Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above