Ambient computing is a concept where computing capability is nearly ubiquitous. Computers in an ambient computing paradigm answer responses and require very little in the way of traditional interfaces. I first heard this term coined by Paul Thurrott a few years ago. Examples of devices in this category are the Google hub and Amazon Alexa smart speakers. Asking for information via plain language via voice preceded by a wake word is all that’s needed. The computer is unobtrusive, yet powerful and integrated into a person’s life. That simple yet useful vision changed a bit today with the announcements of several new devices from Amazon. Amazon brought out devices that are in some cases, literally in your face. The days of a computer that vanishes into the the background may be numbered.