diff --git a/src/android/utils/__tests__/run.spec.ts b/src/android/utils/__tests__/run.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4ece7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/utils/__tests__/run.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import type { Device } from '../adb';
+import { isLikelyEmulator, findAvailableEmulatorPort } from '../run';
+
+describe('android/utils/run', () => {
+  describe('isLikelyEmulator', () => {
+    it('detects emulator by serial', () => {
+      const d = {
+        serial: 'emulator-5554',
+        state: 'device',
+        type: 'hardware',
+        connection: null,
+        properties: {},
+        manufacturer: '',
+        model: '',
+        product: '',
+        sdkVersion: '',
+      } as Device;
+      expect(isLikelyEmulator(d)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('detects emulator by type', () => {
+      const d = {
+        serial: 'device-1',
+        state: 'device',
+        type: 'emulator',
+        connection: null,
+        properties: {},
+        manufacturer: '',
+        model: '',
+        product: '',
+        sdkVersion: '',
+      } as Device;
+      expect(isLikelyEmulator(d)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('detects emulator by properties.device', () => {
+      const d = {
+        serial: 'device-2',
+        state: 'device',
+        type: 'hardware',
+        connection: null,
+        properties: { device: 'emu64a' },
+        manufacturer: '',
+        model: '',
+        product: '',
+        sdkVersion: '',
+      } as Device;
+      expect(isLikelyEmulator(d)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('detects emulator by properties.product', () => {
+      const d = {
+        serial: 'device-3',
+        state: 'device',
+        type: 'hardware',
+        connection: null,
+        properties: { product: 'sdk_gphone_arm64' },
+        manufacturer: '',
+        model: '',
+        product: '',
+        sdkVersion: '',
+      } as Device;
+      expect(isLikelyEmulator(d)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false for real hardware', () => {
+      const d = {
+        serial: '0123456789',
+        state: 'device',
+        type: 'hardware',
+        connection: null,
+        properties: { product: 'samsung' },
+        manufacturer: '',
+        model: 'SM-G',
+        product: '',
+        sdkVersion: '',
+      } as Device;
+      expect(isLikelyEmulator(d)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('findAvailableEmulatorPort', () => {
+    it('picks first free even port', async () => {
+      const devices: Device[] = [
+        { serial: 'emulator-5554', type: 'emulator', properties: {}, model: '' } as Device,
+        { serial: 'emulator-5556', type: 'emulator', properties: {}, model: '' } as Device,
+      ];
+
+      const port = await findAvailableEmulatorPort(devices, 5554, 5560);
+      expect(port).toBe(5558);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to 5554 when none found in range', async () => {
+      // mark the only port in the range as already used
+      const devices: Device[] = [
+        {
+          serial: 'emulator-6000',
+          state: 'device',
+          type: 'emulator',
+          connection: null,
+          properties: {},
+          manufacturer: '',
+          model: '',
+          product: '',
+          sdkVersion: '',
+        } as Device,
+      ];
+
+      const port = await findAvailableEmulatorPort(devices, 6000, 6000);
+      expect(port).toBe(5554);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/android/utils/run.ts b/src/android/utils/run.ts
index 50c0dc7..72d4be0 100644
--- a/src/android/utils/run.ts
+++ b/src/android/utils/run.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,59 @@ import type { SDK } from './sdk';
 
 const modulePrefix = 'native-run:android:utils:run';
 
+export async function findAvailableEmulatorPort(devices: readonly Device[], start = 5554, end = 5584): Promise<number> {
+  const debug = Debug(`${modulePrefix}:${findAvailableEmulatorPort.name}`);
+  const usedPorts = new Set<number>();
+
+  for (const d of devices) {
+    const m = d.serial.match(/^emulator-(\d+)$/);
+    if (m) {
+      usedPorts.add(Number(m[1]));
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (let port = start; port <= end; port += 2) {
+    if (!usedPorts.has(port)) {
+      debug('Available emulator port found: %d', port);
+      return port;
+    }
+  }
+
+  debug('No available emulator ports found in range %d-%d; defaulting to 5554', start, end);
+  return 5554;
+}
+
+export function isLikelyEmulator(device: Device): boolean {
+  const serialEmu = /^emulator-(\d+)$/;
+
+  if (serialEmu.test(device.serial)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (device.type === 'emulator') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const props = device.properties || {};
+  const deviceProp = (props['device'] || '').toLowerCase();
+  const productProp = (props['product'] || '').toLowerCase();
+  const model = (device.model || '').toLowerCase();
+
+  if (deviceProp.startsWith('emu') || deviceProp.includes('generic')) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (productProp.includes('sdk_gphone') || productProp.includes('google_sdk')) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (model.includes('android_sdk') || model.includes('sdk_gphone')) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 export async function selectDeviceByTarget(
   sdk: SDK,
   devices: readonly Device[],
@@ -34,7 +87,7 @@ export async function selectDeviceByTarget(
     return device;
   }
 
-  const emulatorDevices = devices.filter((d) => d.type === 'emulator');
+  const emulatorDevices = devices.filter(isLikelyEmulator);
 
   const pairAVD = async (emulator: Device): Promise<[Device, AVD | undefined]> => {
     let avd: AVD | undefined;
@@ -65,7 +118,9 @@ export async function selectDeviceByTarget(
 
   if (avd) {
     debug('AVD found by ID: %s', avd.id);
-    const device = await runEmulator(sdk, avd, 5554); // TODO: 5554 will not always be available at this point
+    const port = await findAvailableEmulatorPort(devices);
+    debug('Using emulator port: %d', port);
+    const device = await runEmulator(sdk, avd, port);
     debug('Emulator ready, running avd: %s on %s', avd.id, device.serial);
 
     return device;