New phone email notification

[ChilledPilchard]

Hi all,
Am I right in thinking that if you set up your Google account on a new phone, Google will send an email to your Google account notifying you of a new phone?

I've gotten the wife a new phone for xmas and was wondering whether setting it all up for her before hand would give it away when Google notifies her that she's been logged in on a new phone.

Cheers.