Netflix renews ‘Marvel’s The Punisher’ for second season

Frank Castle lives to fight another day. Netflix just renewed Marvel’s The Punisher for season 2. The streaming service made the announcement on the show’s Facebook page with a post that says “Season 2 is coming.” Jon Berthal, who plays Castle, was particularly enthused to play the role initially. He told Variety, “Fully candid, being part of a superhero franchise was not something that I really had an ambition towards; it wasn’t really on my radar.” He got onboard when he played a part in Marvel’s Daredevil, which is one of the six Marvel shows we have on Netflix now. The other four being The Defenders, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage.

Instagram update lets you follow hashtags

Instagram has been steadily adding on more and more features these days. The latest addition is the ability to follow hashtags on the service like you would accounts. All you need to do is search for a topic that interests you and tap on the follow button. Relevant posts that have these tags will show up in both your feed and stories bar. You can also unfollow hashtags the same way. Your profile will now also show the hashtags you follow. If your account is set to private, then only your followers will see what hashtags you follow.

Google launches AR Stickers for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

If you’ve seen our video demo for the Google Pixel Stranger Things AR Stickers (which you can watch above), you’ll be familiar with this new feature. Now, Google has officially brought AR Stickers to the Play Store, making it available for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL users. You can access these under the My Apps section under Updates, when these are installed, it’ll show up in your main Camera app, just swipe from the left edge. The AR Stickers available include three generic packs and Star Wars and Stranger Things. If this is something you’ve been wanting to play around with, now’s the time to do just that.

Source: GSMArena

Google Phone app finally gets ‘video call’ option enabled

Google Phone and Duo have since the Pixel 2 launch allowed for a more seamless video call integration from the former to the latter. But the option to access this feature hasn’t been available, until now. Android Police reports that the feature seems to be live already. You can now see a Video Call option while you try to make a normal phone call. When you tap on this option, it’ll launch Duo on your end. The person you’re trying to call though will need to have their phone unlocked for Duo to launch on their end. When you are able to connect, it’ll disconnect the phone call and connect you to the video one. The feature is currently rolling out so just wait for it to head your way.