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

Fireball meteor caught on video above Central Indiana Video of the fireball captured on doorbell cameras has since been shared on social media sites such as Reddit, X and BlueSky. —John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024

Last month, a house explosion in Bethel, Ohio, was caught on a neighbor's Ring doorbell camera in Tate township. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024

This doorbell camera has raving reviews on Amazon and is known to be the ultimate monitoring solution for your home. —Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024

Trump brought onto stage Cindy Romero, whose doorbell camera caught the now-viral video at the heart of the narrative that the Aurora apartments were taken over by gang members. —Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above