diff --git a/test/test_remote.py b/test/test_remote.py
index 47ba007247..796f98e62d 100644
--- a/test/test_remote.py
+++ b/test/test_remote.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class TestRemoteMultiHost(unittest.TestCase):
     # Verify that everything is in one big cross-host graph
     assert len(do.captured._jit_cache) == 1 and isinstance(do.captured._jit_cache[0].prg, RemoteGraph), repr(do.captured)
 
-  @unittest.expectedFailure # multihost-aware schedule is in separate pr
   @Context(JIT_BATCH_SIZE=2**32)
   def test_multihost_aware_schedule(self):
     @TinyJit
diff --git a/tinygrad/device.py b/tinygrad/device.py
index 6f9f3999a6..ffe89386b9 100644
--- a/tinygrad/device.py
+++ b/tinygrad/device.py
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ class Compiler:
 class Compiled:
   profile_events:list[ProfileEvent] = [ProfileDeviceEvent("CPU")] # NOTE: CPU is the default device.
 
-  def __init__(self, device:str, allocator:Allocator, renderer:Renderer|None, compiler:Compiler|None, runtime, graph=None):
+  def __init__(self, device:str, allocator:Allocator, renderer:Renderer|None, compiler:Compiler|None, runtime, graph=None, group_id=None):
     self.device, self.allocator, self.compiler, self.runtime, self.graph = device, allocator, compiler or Compiler(), runtime, graph
-    self.renderer = renderer or Renderer()
+    self.renderer, self.group_id = renderer or Renderer(), group_id
   def synchronize(self):
     """
     Synchronize all pending operations on the device.
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 9a64639bf2..a4e3ec4a09 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from typing import cast
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from collections import deque, defaultdict
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Variable, Ops, UPat, PatternMatcher, graph_rewrite, buffers
-from tinygrad.device import Buffer, MultiBuffer
-from tinygrad.helpers import Metadata, unwrap, merge_dicts
+from tinygrad.device import Device, Buffer, MultiBuffer
+from tinygrad.helpers import Metadata, unwrap, all_same, merge_dicts
 
 # **** ScheduleItem return type
 
@@ -61,11 +61,22 @@ def create_schedule_with_vars(sched_sink:UOp) -> tuple[list[ScheduleItem], dict[
         raise RuntimeError(f"input to kernel must be ASSIGN or BUFFER, not {s.op}")
 
   # linearize KERNEL UOps into ScheduleItems in BFS order
-  queue = deque(k for k,v in in_degree.items() if v == 0)
+
+  def _heuristic(k: UOp):
+    if k.arg.ast.op is Ops.COPY and not all_same([Device[cast(Buffer, s.buf_uop.buffer).device].group_id for s in k.src]): return 1000
+    return 0
+
+  last_heuristic: int = 0
+  queues: defaultdict[int, deque[UOp]] = defaultdict(deque)
+  last_queue: deque[UOp] = deque()
+  for k,v in in_degree.items():
+    if v == 0: queues[_heuristic(k)].append(k)
+
   schedule: list[ScheduleItem] = []
   var_vals: dict[Variable, int] = {}
-  while queue:
-    k = queue.popleft()
+  while last_queue or any(queues.values()):
+    if not last_queue: last_heuristic, last_queue = min((it for it in queues.items() if it[1]), key=lambda x: abs(x[0]-last_heuristic))
+    k = last_queue.popleft()
     # unbind var_vals from the kernel
     local_var_vals: list[dict[Variable, int]] = []
     ast = graph_rewrite(k.arg.ast, pm_unbind, ctx=local_var_vals, name="unbind vars")
@@ -86,6 +97,6 @@ def create_schedule_with_vars(sched_sink:UOp) -> tuple[list[ScheduleItem], dict[
       schedule.append(ScheduleItem(ast, cast(tuple[Buffer, ...], ubufs), k.arg.metadata))
     for x in children[k]:
       in_degree[x] -= 1
-      if in_degree[x] == 0: queue.append(x)
+      if in_degree[x] == 0: queues[_heuristic(x)].append(x)
 
   return schedule, var_vals
diff --git a/tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py b/tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py
index e0d065d68d..a0f8135891 100644
--- a/tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py
+++ b/tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py
@@ -2,8 +2,30 @@ from typing import cast
 import functools, itertools, operator
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_same, all_int, prod, DEBUG, RING, getenv, unwrap
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import Ops, UOp, sint, PatternMatcher, UPat, GroupOp, resolve
+from tinygrad.device import Device
 
 # *** allreduce implementation ***
+def handle_allreduce_multirank(buf:UOp, red:UOp) -> UOp|None:
+  if not isinstance(buf.device, tuple): return None
+
+  # Group buffers
+  groups: dict[int|None, list[UOp]] = {}
+  for i,dev in enumerate(buf.device):
+    groups.setdefault(Device[dev].group_id, []).append(buf.mselect(i))
+
+  # Skip if only one group or if every group has only one buffer
+  if len(groups) <= 1 or not any(len(g) > 1 for g in groups.values()): return None
+
+  # Reduce inside each group
+  inner = [UOp(Ops.MSTACK, buf.dtype, tuple(bufs)).allreduce(red.arg, (cast(str, bufs[0].device),)).mselect(0) for bufs in groups.values()]
+
+  # Allreduce across groups
+  outer = UOp(Ops.MSTACK, buf.dtype, tuple(inner)).allreduce(red.arg, tuple(buf.device for buf in inner))
+
+  # Broadcast back to all devices in the group
+  gid2bid = {Device[device].group_id: i for i,device in enumerate(outer.device)}
+  return outer.mselect(gid2bid[Device[red.device].group_id]).copy_to_device(red.device) if not isinstance(red.device, tuple) else \
+         UOp(Ops.MSTACK, buf.dtype, tuple(outer.mselect(gid2bid[Device[device].group_id]).copy_to_device(device) for device in red.device))
 
 def handle_allreduce(buf:UOp, red:UOp) -> UOp|None:
   if not isinstance(buf.device, tuple): return None
@@ -84,6 +106,7 @@ def mstack_early_shrink(view:UOp, ms:UOp):
   return ms.replace(src=tuple(ret))
 
 replace_allreduce = PatternMatcher([
+  (UPat(Ops.ALLREDUCE, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat()), name="red"), handle_allreduce_multirank),
   (UPat(Ops.ALLREDUCE, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat()), name="red"), handle_allreduce),
   # BROADCAST: explicitly expand broadcast copies and combine with MSTACK
   (UPat(Ops.COPY, name="c", src=(UPat(GroupOp.All-{Ops.CONST}, name="x"), UPat(Ops.DEVICE))), lambda c,x:
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py
index ad4b286e4e..cad43b532a 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class RemoteDevice(Compiled):
     renderer_instance = renderer_class(*renderer[2])
     renderer_instance.device = device
     graph = fromimport('tinygrad.runtime.graph.remote', "RemoteGraph") if self.properties.graph_supported else None
-    super().__init__(device, RemoteAllocator(self), renderer_instance, Compiler(), functools.partial(RemoteProgram, self), graph)
+    super().__init__(device, RemoteAllocator(self), renderer_instance, Compiler(), functools.partial(RemoteProgram, self), graph, id(self.conn))
 
   def finalize(self):
     with contextlib.suppress(ConnectionError, http.client.HTTPException): self.q(SessionFree(), wait=True)