Orbit B-hyve XD 4-Outlet Hose Faucet Timer with Hub

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Orbit · Outdoor, Lawn & Irrigation · ~$134.99 ($134.99 on Orbit's own US store, read 2026-08-05, shown 'in stock, ready to be shipped' with a live Add to cart control. This is the bundle SKU — model 24639, the four-outlet timer WITH the WiFi hub included. Orbit sells a hub-less sibling of the same timer under model 24634, and that distinction is the one to keep straight when comparing prices: a cheaper 24634 figure found elsewhere is a Bluetooth-only device with no remote access at all, not a discount on this product. Recorded at the bundle price because the bundle is what this record describes.)

Exactly which product this is^[2]

Model number: 24639
Generation: XD
Region this page covers: US
Also sold or listed as: B-hyve XD Bluetooth 4-Outlet Hose Faucet Timer w/Hub · Orbit 24639 · B-hyve XD 4-Port Smart Hose Timer

“Not established” means we have not sourced that detail yet — not that the product has no model number, generation or regional variant. We publish the gap rather than filling it.

Compatibility

Ecosystem	Support	The catch
Apple Home	Doesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem^[2][3]	No route on any evidence. A full-text read of Orbit's product page for this model returns zero occurrences of 'Apple', 'HomeKit' and 'Siri' — and, unusually, zero occurrences of 'Google', 'Alexa' and 'smart home' as well, so Apple is not being singled out. There is no Matter path either, and this is where the record's most careful finding sits: a keyword search of the CSA-IoT certified-products database for 'B-hyve' returns zero certified products, and a search for 'Orbit' returns twelve — every single one of which is a 'Magical.Homes Orbit Series Switch Panel' certified by Longan Link Tech Co., LTD, an unrelated company that happens to use 'Orbit' as a product-series name. A brand keyword matching a registry entry is not the same as a brand holding a certificate, and reading those twelve hits as Orbit Irrigation's would have been a straightforward error.
Amazon Alexa	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[2]	Not established for THIS product, and the reason is worth stating because it looks at first like an oversight. The catalogue's existing Orbit B-hyve XR record carries a first-party Alexa claim, sourced from a compatibility bullet on the XR's own product page reading 'Integrates with Google and Alexa smart home control'. This product's page carries no equivalent sentence — a full-text read returns zero occurrences of 'Alexa', 'Google' or 'smart home'. Facts do not transfer between products in this catalogue even under one brand and one app, so the XR's claim is not borrowed here. It is entirely plausible that a B-hyve hose timer reaches Alexa through the same B-hyve account the sprinkler controller uses; it is simply not documented on this product's page, and this record does not assume it. Recorded unknown rather than none, because vendor silence about a platform on one page is not a denial.
Google Home	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[2]	Identical footing to Alexa and for the identical reason: this model's product page names no smart-home platform at all, while its XR sibling's page names Google and Alexa in one bullet. The difference between the two pages is the finding — same brand, same app ecosystem, different documented compatibility — and it is recorded rather than smoothed over.
SmartThings	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[2]	Not established. Orbit's page for this model names no platform, and no Samsung documentation naming this product was located, so neither side speaks. Recorded unknown on both.
Home Assistant	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[2][4]	Nothing established for this product. Home Assistant ships no official B-hyve or Orbit integration — direct requests to its integration index under both /integrations/bhyve/ and /integrations/orbit/ return 404 — and Orbit names Home Assistant nowhere. A community-built B-hyve integration exists outside that index and is recorded on this catalogue's Orbit B-hyve XR record, but no evidence was located that it covers hose-timer valves as opposed to sprinkler controllers, and this record does not extend another product's integration to this one on the strength of a shared brand. Recorded unknown, with the specific check named in the recheck note. Compare the Rachio Smart Hose Timer in this same subcategory, whose official Home Assistant integration names hose-timer valves explicitly — if Home Assistant is where your automations live, that is the difference between the two products.

? Inconclusive means we researched that ecosystem and the evidence doesn’t settle it — the catch says why, and the sources are listed below. It is a statement about the available evidence, never a verdict on the product. A Setup Check researches your exact setup where the official sources don’t answer.

Protocols: WIFI · BLUETOOTH^[1][2][3][7]

Needs before it works: Yes for anything smart, and Orbit is unusually clear about it — the site labels the whole product line 'Requires 2.0 Hub To Activate Smart Functions', and this SKU includes that hub in the box. What is genuinely good here, and better than the competing design, is that Orbit publishes three tiers of control rather than one: the timer can be programmed on the device itself, locally over Bluetooth from a phone standing next to it, or remotely through the hub's WiFi. Orbit's own words are 'Paired with a WiFi Hub, gain seamless control over your watering schedule' and 'Activate the smart functions with the included Hub for unparalleled convenience.' The practical value of that ladder is failure behaviour: if the hub dies or the network drops, this timer still has buttons and still has a phone-side Bluetooth path, where a hub-dependent design has neither. ⚠ Orbit publishes no Bluetooth range figure between phone and timer, and no distance figure between hub and timer, so the same unanswered siting question that affects every hub-based hose timer applies here too.^[2]

What it can do^[2]

You can tell it to

Valve
On/off

It reports

None documented by the vendor

Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.

Subscription reality^[2]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Yes — you must create a vendor account to use it. (established from the vendor's own setup steps, where signing in is mandatory before the device can be added)^[6]

No subscription, fee or tier is mentioned anywhere on the pages read. Recorded 'none' on that basis, with the standing qualification that this is an absence of fee language rather than a vendor stating the service is free. The product's architecture supports the reading: on-device programming and local Bluetooth control both work without any account at all, so even a total service withdrawal would leave a working timer rather than a dead one — which is a materially better position than a design where the hub is the only control path.

Maintenance reality^[2]

Batteries: Not published — Orbit's product page for this model states no battery requirement, and the word 'battery' does not appear on it
Works without the internet: Not established — we have not sourced this yet. It does not mean the product fails without the internet.
Two ratings are published and both are useful: IPX-5 for water resistance, and EPA WaterSense certification, which is a third-party efficiency standard rather than a vendor claim and is worth more than most badges in this category. ⚠ What is NOT published is the battery requirement — a full-text read of Orbit's product page for this model returns zero occurrences of 'battery' or 'AA', which is a strange omission on a faucet timer and means the running cost of the thing on the tap is unstated. cloudDependent is recorded FALSE, which is unusual for a hub-based product and is deliberate: because Orbit documents on-device and local Bluetooth programming alongside the remote path, the core function of this timer — opening a valve on a schedule — does not depend on Orbit's cloud. Only the remote half does.
Security updates: No security-update support date is on record for this model yet. We haven't yet checked whether Orbit publishes one, so this is a gap in our research — not a statement about the manufacturer.

The catch

This is the hose timer that degrades gracefully, which is the thing to weigh it on — but you have to read past the marketing to see it. Orbit publishes three ways to control the same timer: buttons on the device itself, a phone over Bluetooth standing next to it, and remote control through the included WiFi hub. Most competing designs offer only the third. What that buys you is failure behaviour: when the hub dies, the network drops or the vendor's service has a bad day, this timer still waters and you can still change it. That is why this record marks it as not cloud-dependent despite shipping with a hub. Second, get the model number right, because Orbit sells two versions of the same timer and the price gap is the hub. This record is model 24639 at $134.99, which includes the hub. Model 24634 is the same four-outlet timer WITHOUT it — Bluetooth only, no remote access, no scheduling from away — and a cheaper figure quoted against 'B-hyve XD 4-port' elsewhere is very often that SKU. Third, and this is the honest disappointment: Orbit documents no smart-home compatibility for this product whatsoever. A full-text read of its page returns zero mentions of Alexa, Google, Apple, HomeKit, Siri, SmartThings or even the phrase 'smart home'. That is notable because Orbit's own B-hyve XR sprinkler controller — same brand, same app — DOES carry a bullet reading 'Integrates with Google and Alexa smart home control'. It may well be that this timer reaches the same assistants through the same account; Orbit simply does not say so, and this catalogue does not assume compatibility from a sibling product. If voice control is why you are buying, that gap should send you to the Rachio timer in this same subcategory, which documents Alexa, Google and a Siri Shortcuts route and has an official Home Assistant integration naming hose-timer valves. Fourth, a genuine trap for anyone checking Matter for themselves: searching the certification database for 'Orbit' returns twelve certificates, and every one belongs to Longan Link Tech Co., LTD for 'Magical.Homes Orbit Series Switch Panel' products — a different company using the same word. Orbit Irrigation holds no Matter certificate under either 'Orbit' or 'B-hyve'. Finally, two things Orbit publishes that are worth having — an IPX-5 rating and EPA WaterSense certification, the latter being a third-party efficiency standard rather than a vendor claim — and one it does not: the battery requirement is stated nowhere on the page, which on a faucet timer is an odd thing to leave out.

Who it's for

The right hose timer for someone who wants four independent zones off one tap and does not want the whole thing to stop working when the network does — the on-device buttons and local Bluetooth path mean this keeps watering and stays adjustable without Orbit's cloud, which is a better failure story than most of the category offers. The included hub, the IPX-5 rating and the EPA WaterSense certification make it a solid, unglamorous choice at $134.99 for a household that will run it from the B-hyve app and leave it alone. It is the wrong product if you are buying for voice control or platform integration: Orbit documents none for this model, not even the Google and Alexa line it puts on its own sprinkler controller, and this catalogue will not credit it with a sibling's compatibility. Anyone who needs Alexa, Google, Siri or Home Assistant should look at the Rachio Smart Hose Timer in this same subcategory, which documents all four. Think twice, too, if you are comparing prices online, because the hub-less model 24634 is frequently quoted under the same product name; and if battery cost matters to you, since Orbit publishes no battery specification for this timer at all.

Sources & method

Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →

[1] orbitonline.com/products/orbit-24639 (re-read 2026-08-09): 'Program directly on the device itself, locally via Bluetooth, or remotely through Wi-Fi'; 'Paired with a WiFi Hub, gain seamless control over your watering schedule'; 'Requires 2.0 Hub To Activate Smart Functions'. Model 24639 confirmed on the page, hub included in this SKU. Orbit publishes no Bluetooth range figure. — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-09
Backs: Protocols
[2] Orbit, B-hyve XD Bluetooth 4-Outlet Hose Faucet Timer w/Hub (24639) product page — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-05
Backs: Product identity, Price, Protocols, Required hub or bridge, Installation, Power source, Maintenance, Capabilities, Market availability, Service status, Subscription, Apple Home compatibility, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
[3] CSA-IoT certified products database, keyword searches — registry lookup, verified 2026-08-05
Backs: Protocols, Apple Home compatibility
[4] Home Assistant integration documentation index, direct lookups — counterparty documentation, verified 2026-08-15
Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
[5] unrecorded — the migrated lifecycle.research stamp carried no source field — migrated hand stamp, verified 2026-08-05
Backs: Research status
[6] Orbit Help Center, "How To: Create a B-hyve Account", filed under **B-hyve XD Smart Hose Timer** — "To create an account, you'll need to install the B-hyve application on a compatible phone/tablet. When you open the installed application, you'll see an option to Create an Account… If you decline the Terms of Service or the EULA, you will not be able to create an account." The sequencing is stated in Orbit's "Getting started with B-hyve" article: "Once you have the B-hyve app downloaded you will then want to open it and create an account using your email address and a password of your choice. If this is your first time using the app, and you have no devices paired to your account then you will be immediately asked to start pairing a device." (https://support.orbitonline.com/en/b-hyve-smart-indoor-irrigation-controller/Getting-started-with-B-hyve-5cf, read 2026-08-22) — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-22
Backs: Vendor account required
[7] Matter Distributed Compliance Ledger, vendor registry (read 2026-08-22 via tools/dcl-lookup.mjs). Orbit does not appear under any name tried: 'orbit' and 'hyve'. The DCL's vendor registry was enumerated to EXHAUSTION on 2026-08-22 via tools/dcl-lookup.mjs: substring queries were unioned until the distinct-VID count reached 833, which is the record count the tool itself reports scanning per query (the union of a/e/i/o/u/y reached 832; the last holdout was 'SLV GmbH', a vowel-free name, recovered by adding l/s/t). Every vendor in the ledger was therefore inspected, not searched for. — registry-lookup (DCL enumeration by vendor ID, with known-positive control), verified 2026-08-22
Backs: Protocols
[8] SmartHomeWorkflow record maintenance (BQ-244 absence-marker blast-radius repair) — internal-review, verified 2026-08-27

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