If like me you're not a fan of the huge, two over two character clock on the lock screen - This clock only displays if there are no notifications. As long as you have a persistent notification (many apps do this, like weather or calendar apps) the huge lock screen clock doesn't show and instead you just see the time in the top left corner. I found a nice app called 'Notification Maker' which lets you create your own custom notifications as well. Not sponsored and I haven't tested it thoroughly, just an example.
The trick is, if you use Do Not Disturb, you have to allow that app through Do Not Disturb (its in the settings for Do Not Disturb to choose which apps are allowed), otherwise it won't be displayed while DND is on and the big central clock comes back until DND is turned off again.
Maybe this will help someone until Google gives us options to customize this ourselves. Seems they took away quite a lot of customization with this version.
The trick is, if you use Do Not Disturb, you have to allow that app through Do Not Disturb (its in the settings for Do Not Disturb to choose which apps are allowed), otherwise it won't be displayed while DND is on and the big central clock comes back until DND is turned off again.
Maybe this will help someone until Google gives us options to customize this ourselves. Seems they took away quite a lot of customization with this version.