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This is confirmed by the Android Pie research.
The pre-loaded apps included in the firmware can monitor you, regardless of whether the user has ever accessed the app or not, or even whether the user has an account set up with that service.
This really is class action lawsuit material, for Google and all of it's potential co-defendants.
There was a write-up on this in a previous bread. The list of stuff you need to do to __just block Google spying (nevermind the preloaded apps) is almost 5,000 character by itself.