A Google exec’s jab at Apple about texting issues between iPhones and Android drew cheers and applause at a conference

• A Google exec took a thinly veiled jab at Apple at the company’s Google IO conference.
• The exec said the company hopes every mobile operating system adopts a messaging standard called RCS.
• Google has campaigned for Apple to adopt RCS to make texting between iOS and Android a better experience.

Google took some time out of its annual developers presentation to call out Apple on stage, and the crowd ate it up.

“When you’re texting in a group chat, you shouldn’t have to worry about whether everyone is using the same type of phone,” said Google exec Sameer Samat at the company’s IO event, prompting some laughs and cheers from the audience.