Google Instant announced. Mobile version coming this fall. (VIDEO)

Google’s logo was trying to depict what Google might announce today. As one typed, the Google logo turned from a dull grey to a coloured logo as one typed letters in search. Clever portrayal!

The news is out and Google instant hopes to save the world almost 3.5 Billion seconds! Google Says that Google Instant can save two to five seconds per search, and if everyone uses it globally, it could save 3.5 billion seconds a day.

There is search-as-you-type, i.e search results appear as you type! Google says instant is NOT THAT! Google Instant is search-before-you-type.

Search is now an AJAX application for Google. It’s traditionally been an HTML experience. Google sends autocomplete requests to servers, and its servers then reply with both predictions and search results.

Given that it is hugely browser dependent, the impact of this could be huge for Mobile searches, where keying in each letter is an exercise. We look forward to seeing a Mobile version of this launched sooner rather than later.

Update: Google has announced that the Mobile search will be launched this fall.

The testing address for the Mobile version is here:  http://jmt20.google.com/m?sky=psy

This link is  straight from the presentation at the Google event today and was lifted by tc. Thanks Techcrunch!