<p>The hottest space in mobile tech right now is messaging, with all the apps that let you skip past high-priced SMS and send texts for free (or very cheap). Just this week, we've heard that BlackBerry Messenger will soon work on iPhone and Android and yesterday, Google Hangouts launched on those same platforms. Facebook, too, has made a big push to promote its Messenger solution with Facebook Home and Chat Heads just last month. Added together, these apps have surpassed traditional SMS in the total number of messages sent.</p><p>Yet for all that innovation in chat, there's still a problem. All these communication apps can't communicate with each other. Either you and your friends all need to standardize on a certain app or more likely you're going to be stuck with an entire folder of icons and need to remember which of your friends and family use which service. It's already a mess and there's no sign of relief on the horizon.</p><p>All these communication apps can't communicate with each other</p><p>The situation was thrown into stark contrast yesterday at Google I/O, when CEO Larry Page decried the lack of cooperation between companies in this space. He specifically called out Microsoft for enabling Google Talk in Outlook:</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/16/4336004/pick-your-poison-mobile-messaging-will-be-fragmented-expensive-or-locked-in">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/05/googles-hangouts-may-offer-sms-messaging-after-all">Google&#039;s Hangouts May Offer SMS Messaging After All</a> (AppAdvice)</p><p><a href="http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/17572/20130516/google-hangouts-facebook-messenger-apple-imessage-ios.htm">Google Hangouts Vs. Apple iMessage Vs. Facebook Messenger: Which ...</a> (iDigitalTimes.com)</p><p><a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/05/16/sms-integration-coming-to-google-hangouts-will-google-voice-follow/">SMS integration coming to Google Hangouts. Will Google Voice follow?</a> (GigaOM)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dieJZrmjVnu8m9M4SSc3Ed1Dy41IM&ned=us">10 additional articles.</a></p>