diff --git a/app/src/component/fileListItem/view.js b/app/src/component/fileListItem/view.js
index 00f89914..2db2fd9b 100644
--- a/app/src/component/fileListItem/view.js
+++ b/app/src/component/fileListItem/view.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class FileListItem extends React.PureComponent {
       claim,
       fileInfo,
       metadata,
+      featuredResult,
       isResolvingUri,
       isDownloaded,
       style,
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ class FileListItem extends React.PureComponent {
       fullChannelUri = channelClaimId ? `${channel}#${channelClaimId}` : channel;
     }
 
+    if (featuredResult && !isResolvingUri && !claim && !title && !name) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     return (
       <View style={style}>
         <TouchableOpacity style={style} onPress={onPress}>
@@ -81,15 +86,17 @@ class FileListItem extends React.PureComponent {
                          title={(title || name)}
                          thumbnail={metadata ? metadata.thumbnail : null} />
           <View style={fileListStyle.detailsContainer}>
+            {featuredResult && <Text style={fileListStyle.featuredUri} numberOfLines={1}>{uri}</Text>}
+
             {!title && !name && !channel && isResolving && (
             <View>
               {(!title && !name) && <Text style={fileListStyle.uri}>{uri}</Text>}
               {(!title && !name) && <View style={fileListStyle.row}>
-                <ActivityIndicator size={"small"} color={Colors.LbryGreen} />
+                <ActivityIndicator size={"small"} color={featuredResult ? Colors.White : Colors.LbryGreen} />
               </View>}
             </View>)}
 
-            {(title || name) && <Text style={fileListStyle.title}>{this.formatTitle(title) || this.formatTitle(name)}</Text>}
+            {(title || name) && <Text style={featuredResult ? fileListStyle.featuredTitle : fileListStyle.title}>{this.formatTitle(title) || this.formatTitle(name)}</Text>}
             {channel &&
               <Link style={fileListStyle.publisher} text={channel} onPress={() => {
                 navigateToUri(navigation, normalizeURI(fullChannelUri));
diff --git a/app/src/component/uriBar/view.js b/app/src/component/uriBar/view.js
index 2313203d..4cea8a3a 100644
--- a/app/src/component/uriBar/view.js
+++ b/app/src/component/uriBar/view.js
@@ -32,17 +32,29 @@ class UriBar extends React.PureComponent {
       changeTextTimeout: null,
       currentValue: null,
       inputText: null,
-      focused: false
+      focused: false,
+      // TODO: Add a setting to enable / disable direct search?
+      directSearch: true
     };
   }
 
   handleChangeText = text => {
     const newValue = text ? text : '';
     clearTimeout(this.state.changeTextTimeout);
-    const { updateSearchQuery } = this.props;
+    const { updateSearchQuery, onSearchSubmitted, navigation } = this.props;
 
     let timeout = setTimeout(() => {
       updateSearchQuery(text);
+
+      if (!text.startsWith('lbry://')) {
+        // not a URI input, so this is a search, perform a direct search
+        if (onSearchSubmitted) {
+          onSearchSubmitted(text);
+        } else {
+          navigation.navigate({ routeName: 'Search', key: 'searchPage', params: { searchQuery: text }});
+        }
+      }
+
     }, UriBar.INPUT_TIMEOUT);
     this.setState({ inputText: newValue, currentValue: newValue, changeTextTimeout: timeout });
   }
@@ -141,7 +153,7 @@ class UriBar extends React.PureComponent {
                       }
                     }}/>
         </View>
-        {this.state.focused && (
+        {(this.state.focused && !this.state.directSearch) && (
         <View style={uriBarStyle.suggestions}>
           <FlatList style={uriBarStyle.suggestionList}
                     data={suggestions}
diff --git a/app/src/page/search/view.js b/app/src/page/search/view.js
index 41a1bf35..56eb00ee 100644
--- a/app/src/page/search/view.js
+++ b/app/src/page/search/view.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Lbry } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { Lbry, parseURI, normalizeURI, isURIValid } from 'lbry-redux';
 import {
   ActivityIndicator,
   Button,
@@ -8,15 +8,19 @@ import {
   View,
   ScrollView
 } from 'react-native';
-import { navigateToUri } from '../../utils/helper';
-import Colors from '../../styles/colors';
-import PageHeader from '../../component/pageHeader';
-import FileListItem from '../../component/fileListItem';
-import FloatingWalletBalance from '../../component/floatingWalletBalance';
-import UriBar from '../../component/uriBar';
-import searchStyle from '../../styles/search';
+import { navigateToUri } from 'utils/helper';
+import Colors from 'styles/colors';
+import PageHeader from 'component/pageHeader';
+import FileListItem from 'component/fileListItem';
+import FloatingWalletBalance from 'component/floatingWalletBalance';
+import UriBar from 'component/uriBar';
+import searchStyle from 'styles/search';
 
 class SearchPage extends React.PureComponent {
+  state = {
+    currentUri: null
+  }
+
   static navigationOptions = {
     title: 'Search Results'
   };
@@ -29,22 +33,38 @@ class SearchPage extends React.PureComponent {
     const { navigation, search } = this.props;
     const { searchQuery } = navigation.state.params;
     if (searchQuery && searchQuery.trim().length > 0) {
+      this.setState({ currentUri: (isURIValid(searchQuery)) ? normalizeURI(searchQuery) : null })
       search(searchQuery);
     }
   }
 
+  handleSearchSubmitted = (keywords) => {
+    const { search } = this.props;
+    this.setState({ currentUri: (isURIValid(keywords)) ? normalizeURI(keywords) : null });
+    search(keywords);
+  }
+
   render() {
-    const { isSearching, navigation, query, search, uris } = this.props;
+    const { isSearching, navigation, query, uris } = this.props;
     const { searchQuery } = navigation.state.params;
 
     return (
       <View style={searchStyle.container}>
         <UriBar value={searchQuery}
                 navigation={navigation}
-                onSearchSubmitted={(keywords) => search(keywords)} />
+                onSearchSubmitted={this.handleSearchSubmitted} />
         {!isSearching && (!uris || uris.length === 0) &&
             <Text style={searchStyle.noResultsText}>No results to display.</Text>}
         <ScrollView style={searchStyle.scrollContainer} contentContainerStyle={searchStyle.scrollPadding}>
+          {this.state.currentUri &&
+          <FileListItem
+            key={this.state.currentUri}
+            uri={this.state.currentUri}
+            featuredResult={true}
+            style={searchStyle.featuredResultItem}
+            navigation={navigation}
+            onPress={() => navigateToUri(navigation, this.state.currentUri)}
+          />}
           {!isSearching && uris && uris.length ? (
                 uris.map(uri => <FileListItem key={uri}
                                               uri={uri}
diff --git a/app/src/styles/fileList.js b/app/src/styles/fileList.js
index a9c9824e..297cada7 100644
--- a/app/src/styles/fileList.js
+++ b/app/src/styles/fileList.js
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ const fileListStyle = StyleSheet.create({
   detailsContainer: {
     flex: 1
   },
+  featuredUri: {
+    fontFamily: 'Inter-UI-SemiBold',
+    fontSize: 24,
+    color: Colors.White
+  },
+  featuredTitle: {
+    fontFamily: 'Inter-UI-SemiBold',
+    fontSize: (screenWidthPixels <= 720) ? 12 : 16,
+    color: Colors.White
+  },
   thumbnail: {
     width: thumbnailWidth,
     height: thumbnailHeight,
diff --git a/app/src/styles/search.js b/app/src/styles/search.js
index 8596cf44..0b7bcdfa 100644
--- a/app/src/styles/search.js
+++ b/app/src/styles/search.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import Colors from 'styles/colors';
 
 const searchStyle = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
@@ -10,8 +11,6 @@ const searchStyle = StyleSheet.create({
     flex: 1,
     width: '100%',
     height: '100%',
-    paddingLeft: 16,
-    paddingRight: 16,
     marginTop: 60
   },
   scrollPadding: {
@@ -21,7 +20,19 @@ const searchStyle = StyleSheet.create({
     flex: 1,
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'space-between',
-    marginTop: 8
+    marginTop: 8,
+    marginLeft: 8,
+    marginRight: 8
+  },
+  featuredResultItem: {
+    flex: 1,
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+    paddingTop: 8,
+    paddingBottom: 8,
+    paddingLeft: 8,
+    paddingRight: 8,
+    backgroundColor: Colors.Black
   },
   searchInput: {
     width: '100%',