1. a telephone equipped with a screen that allows users to see and hear each other during a call; a videophone.
Usage: often capitalized when referring to the original Bell Labs trademark; somewhat dated term; now more commonly called videophone or video call

Examples

• The picturephone was demonstrated at the 1964 World's Fair as a futuristic communication device.
• Early picturephones required significant bandwidth and were too expensive for home use.
• With modern technology, picturephone capabilities are now standard on most smartphones.
• The company invested in picturephone technology to improve remote business meetings.
• Science fiction writers imagined picturephones decades before they became commercially viable.