diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fc32ae72..0758360d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Added `29-livekit-audio-chat.py`, as a new foundational examples for
   `LiveKitTransportLayer`.
+- Added `enable_prejoin_ui`, `max_participants` and `start_video_off` params
+  to `DailyRoomProperties`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- api_key, aws_access_key_id and region are no longer required parameters for the PollyTTSService (AWSTTSService)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/examples/deployment/modal-example/requirements.txt b/examples/deployment/modal-example/requirements.txt
index 479a18b35..5c972220b 100644
--- a/examples/deployment/modal-example/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/deployment/modal-example/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
-modal==0.65.48
-pipecat-ai[daily,silero,cartesia,openai]==0.0.48
-fastapi==0.115.4
-aiohttp==3.11.9
+modal==0.71.3
+pipecat-ai[daily,silero,cartesia,openai]==0.0.52
+fastapi==0.115.6
+aiohttp==3.11.11
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/aws.py b/src/pipecat/services/aws.py
index b6a763f16..a4ec6622b 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/aws.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/aws.py
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ class PollyTTSService(TTSService):
     def __init__(
         self,
         *,
-        api_key: str,
-        aws_access_key_id: str,
-        region: str,
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        aws_access_key_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        region: Optional[str] = None,
         voice_id: str = "Joanna",
         sample_rate: int = 24000,
         params: InputParams = InputParams(),
diff --git a/src/pipecat/transports/services/helpers/daily_rest.py b/src/pipecat/transports/services/helpers/daily_rest.py
index c17af897c..f81113b38 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/transports/services/helpers/daily_rest.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/transports/services/helpers/daily_rest.py
@@ -39,20 +39,28 @@ class DailyRoomProperties(BaseModel, extra="allow"):
     Attributes:
         exp: Optional Unix epoch timestamp for room expiration (e.g., time.time() + 300 for 5 minutes)
         enable_chat: Whether chat is enabled in the room
+        enable_prejoin_ui: Whether the pre-join UI is enabled
         enable_emoji_reactions: Whether emoji reactions are enabled
         eject_at_room_exp: Whether to remove participants when room expires
         enable_dialout: Whether SIP dial-out is enabled
+        max_participants: Maximum number of participants allowed in the room
         sip: SIP configuration parameters
         sip_uri: SIP URI information returned by Daily
+        start_video_off: Whether video is off by default
+
+    Reference: https://docs.daily.co/reference/rest-api/rooms/create-room#properties
     """
 
     exp: Optional[float] = None
     enable_chat: bool = False
+    enable_prejoin_ui: bool = True
     enable_emoji_reactions: bool = False
     eject_at_room_exp: bool = True
     enable_dialout: Optional[bool] = None
+    max_participants: Optional[int] = None
     sip: Optional[DailyRoomSipParams] = None
     sip_uri: Optional[dict] = None
+    start_video_off: bool = False
 
     @property
     def sip_endpoint(self) -> str: