As we all eagerly wait for Big G to drop some 4.2.2 goodness on us, we can take comfort in knowing that the guys at Team Kang are always turning out great stuff for us to play with. Today, they pushed Build 3 of their take on Android 4.2.1 out to the masses. The new features and new devices will surely be having you do the backup-wipe-and-flash dance that we all know so well.

A few new devices have been added for this release. Those devices include the Acer Iconia Tab A510, the T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and the LTE Galaxy Note 2. The two versions of the international Galaxy S2 (i9100 & i9100g) will be getting builds tomorrow due to some bug that needed to be squashed.

Here are the shiny new features you can expect to find:


General UI

• UI mode selector – Phone / Phablet / Tablet
  
• Transparency control for all the things!
  
• Dual panel at any DPI
  
• Car Home is back

Lockscreen

• Allow timeout / instant lock for Slide
  
• Quick unlock (PIN/password can unlock without pressing enter)

Navigation Bar

• Hiding NavBar – if you enable this, NavBar won’t be visible all the time, you can slide up from the bottom of your screen and it comes back!
  
• Recents – GB style
  
• Custom icon tint
  
• Menu UI overflow

Statusbar

• LastApp Toggle

Yes, yes, the forbidden tablet UI is back! As much as Google would rather we use the split layout like on the Nexus 10, Team Kang has given you the choice to have the combined layout that shipped with Honeycomb. If that isn't you style, you can always just hide the navbar completely and go into a full screen mode. Then, if you need the navbar, just swipe up in the little area it shows you and your navbar will pop up. Pretty cool, if you ask me.

Check out the full release from Team Kang here and grab it while it's hot! I haven't been able to test build 3 out just yet because I've been in class, but if you have, let me know how it is!