Can google chrome know how fast I type?

Google Chrome privacy notice :

When you type URLs or queries in the address bar, the letters you type are sent to Google

Does this mean that Google could know how fast each Chrome user types ? Could be fun to have those numbers.

It's very unlikely that each letter is separately sent to Google.

However, I'm sure they know exactly what you had for breakfast, the name of your dog, and how many times you search for your ex each month.

Each keystroke is sent to Google (maybe not the first two or three, and maybe only at some interval like Grant suggested), to allow Chrome to display the auto-suggest results. CNET wrote on September 3, 2008 (emphasis is mine):

The auto-suggest feature of Google's new Chrome browser does more than just help users get where they are going. It will also give Google a wealth of information on what people are doing on the Internet besides searching.

Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter.

What's more, Google has every intention of retaining some of that data even after it provides the promised suggestions. A Google representative told CNET News that the company plans to store about 2 percent of that data--and plans to store it along with the Internet Protocol address of the computer that typed it.

In theory, that means that if one were to type the address of a site--even if they decide not to hit enter--they could leave incriminating evidence on Google's servers.

I guess Google could also determine your typing speed (but I think they won't).

They would have to be calculating the keystrokes on the client side and then transmitting them along, but those numbers would change as the average WPM changes with every key stroke you make. I find it hard to believe that they would be transmitting that information.

It could be an interesting idea to play around with the code though.

The claim that in Google Wave you get real-time typing, that would mean at least they know how fast you type words. Since Google Wave just runs in a browser, you assume Chrome should be able to determine that yes.

Even if they don't get each single keystroke, they can easily calculate an average based on characters and the average time to type sentences or what not.