diff --git a/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/__tests__/runner-usbmux.test.ts b/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/__tests__/runner-usbmux.test.ts
index 9f3362d3d5..6081fe6ec1 100644
--- a/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/__tests__/runner-usbmux.test.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/__tests__/runner-usbmux.test.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,57 @@ test('never matches a different device whose UDID merely shares a prefix', async
   assert.equal(server.connectedDeviceId(), undefined);
 });
 
+test.each([
+  {
+    name: 'prefers USB when Network is listed first',
+    devices: [
+      { deviceId: 552, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'Network' },
+      { deviceId: 551, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'USB' },
+    ],
+    expectedDeviceId: 551,
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'prefers USB when USB is listed first',
+    devices: [
+      { deviceId: 551, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'USB' },
+      { deviceId: 552, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'Network' },
+    ],
+    expectedDeviceId: 551,
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'uses the first Network match when USB is absent',
+    devices: [
+      { deviceId: 552, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'Network' },
+      { deviceId: 553, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'Network' },
+    ],
+    expectedDeviceId: 552,
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'ignores USB entries for a different UDID',
+    devices: [
+      { deviceId: 552, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'Network' },
+      { deviceId: 551, udid: `${DEVICE_UDID}0`, connectionType: 'USB' },
+    ],
+    expectedDeviceId: 552,
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'ignores USB entries with an invalid device ID',
+    devices: [
+      { deviceId: 552, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'Network' },
+      { deviceId: 0, udid: DEVICE_UDID, connectionType: 'USB' },
+    ],
+    expectedDeviceId: 552,
+  },
+])('$name', async ({ devices, expectedDeviceId }) => {
+  const socketPath = await createSocketPath(socketDirectories);
+  const server = await serveUsbmuxDevices(socketPath, devices, 3);
+
+  const error = await postThroughFakeUsbmux(socketPath, DEVICE_UDID);
+
+  assert.equal((error as AppError).code, 'COMMAND_FAILED');
+  assert.equal(server.connectedDeviceId(), expectedDeviceId);
+});
+
 test('treats a device usbmuxd no longer knows as unattached so a tunnel fallback can run', async () => {
   const socketPath = await createSocketPath(socketDirectories);
   // Result 2 is what the real daemon answers for an unknown DeviceID.
diff --git a/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/runner-usbmux-protocol.ts b/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/runner-usbmux-protocol.ts
index b4f2ff70c9..9be30cc02e 100644
--- a/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/runner-usbmux-protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-apple/src/runner/runner-usbmux-protocol.ts
@@ -229,11 +229,18 @@ function buildPlistMessage(
 }
 
 function readDeviceIdFromList(xml: string, udid: string): number | undefined {
+  let fallback: number | undefined;
   for (const node of walkXmlNodes(parseXmlDocumentSync(xml))) {
     const device = readListedDevice(node);
-    if (device?.udid === udid) return device.id;
+    if (device?.udid !== udid) continue;
+    const connectionType = readDictEntry(
+      readDictEntry(node, 'Properties')!,
+      'ConnectionType',
+    )?.text;
+    if (connectionType === 'USB') return device.id;
+    fallback ??= device.id;
   }
-  return undefined;
+  return fallback;
 }
 
 function readListedDevice(node: XmlNode): { udid: string; id: number } | undefined {